- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 1983
- Country:
- UK
- Predominant Genre:
- Comedy
- Director:
- Bill Forsyth
- Best Performances:
- None
- Premiss:
- An oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery.
- Themes:
- Scotland
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Unknown
- Review Format:
- Cinema
Brilliantly low key comic rendering of the effect of wealth on a village in the Highlands of Scotland because of the (now declining) oil industry.
Lacking the cynicism and realism of an Ealing comedy, this goes for subtle whimsy and magic realism to get across the story of a Texas oilman going native among apparently unsophisticated yokels.
Ultimately a film about the potentially alienating effects of Western Civilisation on the soul of Western Man as He becomes embroiled in the twin obsessions of worrying about what others think of Him and materialism for its own sake. These ideas are gently woven into the weave of this tremendous movie.
A film repaying multiple viewings with faultless acting combined with an unbridled love of, and fascination for, nature – a kind of Visit Scotland film for the Highlands & Islands.
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