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Scotland, PA (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 74 Fresh: 44  Rotten:30 Average Rating: 6/10
 
Consensus: Though it's not as good as it could have been, Scotland PA shows cleverness at utilizing its premise.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Synopsis: Yahtzee, chicken nuggets, weed-smoking clairvoyant hippies, Shakespearean refrains, and jamming rock songs by Bad Company are some of the key elements of director Billy Morrissette's ode to MACBETH and early 1970s small town America. A comic interpretation of the William Shakespeare... Yahtzee, chicken nuggets, weed-smoking clairvoyant hippies, Shakespearean refrains, and jamming rock songs by Bad Company are some of the key elements of director Billy Morrissette's ode to MACBETH and early 1970s small town America. A comic interpretation of the William Shakespeare classic, SCOTLAND, PA tells the story of a fast food restaurant called McBeth's, an innovative establishment that offers drive-through service. However, the success of the restaurant's young owners, the stylish and popular local couple Mack and Pat McBeth (James LeGros and Maura Tierney) is largely due to the convenient murder of its former owner (James Rebhorn). When the quirky vegetarian Lieutenant Ernie McDuff (Christopher Walken) is assigned to investigate the murder, each of Scotland's strange characters--the tanning salon operator, the homeless guy that lives in a barn, the perpetually drunk barfly--come forward to share what they know about the case. Some of the funniest moments of the film come from the lieutenant's interrogations of the teenage sons of the late restaurant owner, the amped rock guitarist Malcom (Tom Guiry) and his poised, artistic gay brother Norm (Geoff Dunsworth). SCOTLAND, PA is a funny, light hippie movie with an excellent grasp of '70s music, decor, and dress. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: James LeGros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken, Kevin Corrigan, James Rebhorn

Director: Billy Morrissette
Screenwriter: Billy Morrissette
Producer: Richard Shepard
Composer: Anton Sanko

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Oct 10, 2003

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Offers more mild amusement than outright laughs...

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05/20/08
David Rooney
Variety
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3/5

This should have been a black comic masterpiece.

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12/06/05
Ron Wells
Film Threat
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... can’t be dismissed as a vanity project

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08/08/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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A slyly macabre fantasia that works on its own demented terms.

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12/02/02
Stephen Farber
Movieline
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It's as nourishing as a Big Mac with fries.

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10/23/02
Dennis Schwartz
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It's a setup so easy it borders on facile, but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast.

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10/21/02
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
L.A. Weekly
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An uneven parody that sometimes amuses but just as often annoys.

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10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
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Quite possibly the best "modernizing" of a Shakespeare tale in recent memory.

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07/09/02
Paul Salfen
Supercala.com
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5/5

McBeth's personal karmageddon builds with comedy and tragedy in equal measure, without being as long as the original.

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07/01/02
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
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Very clever writing and great casting make this a comedy that's fun to watch even if you're not familiar with the source material.

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06/28/02
John Venable
Supercala.com
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If you keep a list of films you want to see one way or another, you would be doing yourself a service by keeping this film high up on that list.

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06/17/02
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com
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It’s not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair, even coming from the drive-thru.

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06/07/02
Jeffrey Bruner
Des Moines Register
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There are some truly wacky parallels with Shakespeare's play.

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05/10/02
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
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Underachieves only in not taking the Shakespeare parallels quite far enough.

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04/26/02
James Hebert
San Diego Union-Tribune
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The combined talents of cast and crew create a new take on an enduring drama that pairs nicely with a side order of kitsch.

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04/25/02
Sue Pierman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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As flaccid and undistinguished as star James LeGros’s period wig.

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04/19/02
Brian Orndorf
Modamag.com
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This spawn of William Shakespeare and Ray Kroc has more fun with [the] thin premise than you might expect, mostly because of Maura Tierney.

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04/11/02
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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A disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the Bard, particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers.

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04/05/02
Kim Morgan
Oregonian
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It's simple, sizzly and very funny.

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03/22/02
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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The fun is infectious -- the puns, in-jokes and referential asides will keep Shakespeare buffs busy and the rest of the audience entertained even as some punch lines zing over their heads.

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03/22/02
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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