This is a worthwhile effort from first-time filmmaker Billy Morrissette, and even might've given the stuffy Bard a chuckle or two.
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02/08/02
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: James LeGros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken, Kevin Corrigan
Director: Billy Morrissette
Reviews for Scotland, PA
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.
03/22/02
On the surface a silly comedy, Scotland, PA would be forgettable if it weren't such a clever adaptation of the bard's tragic play.
01/10/02
Every performance, whether LeGros' slow development from sedentary to sinister or Kevin Corrigan's dimwitted but always fully realized 'Banco' character, is a gem.
02/08/02
Scotland, Pa. succeeds because of the cast's communal vibe of arrogant stupidity.
02/16/02
... a Shakespearean happy meal.
02/26/02
This spawn of William Shakespeare and Ray Kroc has more fun with [the] thin premise than you might expect, mostly because of Maura Tierney.
04/11/02
It's simple, sizzly and very funny.
03/22/02
A stylish, brash spin on the Bard's Macbeth tale and the early '70s.
01/28/02
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.
06/17/02
Wonderful.
03/18/02
The jokes sometimes fall flat, but the weirdness and darkening of tone make for quirky fun.
02/28/02
[T]he movie's hit-or-miss comedy actually complements the director's scruffy approach, which makes a virtue of sloppiness while preserving the essence of this famous story.
02/26/02
At its worst, the movie is pretty diverting; the pity is that it rarely achieves its best.
01/04/02
By entirely renovating it into a pure laffy-taffy comedy, the vehicle is strained.
02/13/01
It's a setup so easy it borders on facile, but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast.
10/21/02
Peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments.
02/12/02
Underachieves only in not taking the Shakespeare parallels quite far enough.
04/26/02
Morrissette's screenplay is filled with funny touches.
03/01/02
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