Charming cross-cultural tale about some outsiders from a Texas oil company whose visit to a small Scottish town changes everything.
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09/01/02
Local Hero (1983)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:23
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A Texas oil company attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and the result is utter confusion. One of the town's least prominent citizens owns a strategic piece of property... [More]
Starring: Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Fulton MacKay
Director: Bill Forsyth
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Reviews for Local Hero
An all-time favorite I can watch again and again
01/01/00
A heartwarming and whimsical comedy of manners.
01/07/04
It has always been easier to make films about misery than about happiness, for happiness is so un-cinematic, so devoid of conflict. But Local Hero is a rare and welcome exception.
07/30/01
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05/12/01
Absolutely wonderful.
02/27/03
A whimsical, delightful tale of a stranger in a strange land. It is director Bill Forsythe's best ever.
08/21/02
Charming little comedy
08/21/02
Slighty overrated because of its quirkiness.
08/13/02
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