Scotland, PA. (2001)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 74
Fresh: 44 | Rotten: 30
Though it's not as good as it could have been, Scotland PA shows cleverness at utilizing its premise.
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 17
Though it's not as good as it could have been, Scotland PA shows cleverness at utilizing its premise.
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What happens if you take one of William Shakespeare's darkest tragedies and move it to a burger joint in the early 1970s? The answer can be found in the satiric comedy Scotland, PA, the first feature from writer and director Billy Morrissette. Mac McBeth (James LeGros) is a hard-working but unambitious doofus who toils at a hamburger stand alongside his wife Pat (Maura Tierney), who has a significant edge in the brains department. Pat is convinced she could do a lot better with the place than
Cast
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James LeGros
Joe "Mac" McBeth -
Maura Tierney
Pat McBeth -
Christopher Walken
Lt. Ernie McDuff -
Kevin Corrigan
Anthony "Banko" Banconi -
James Rebhorn
Norm Duncan -
Tom Guiry
Malcolm Duncan -
Amy Smart
Stacy/Hippie -
Timothy "Speed" Levitch
Hector/Hippie -
Andy Dick
Jesse/Hippie -
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All Critics (78) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (30) | DVD (5)
Offers more mild amusement than outright laughs...
Top CriticThere are some truly wacky parallels with Shakespeare's play.
It's simple, sizzly and very funny.
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.
A trailer-trash version of Macbeth that should be avoided like an Elizabethan pox.
Scotland, Pa. is a strangely drab romp. Some studio pizazz might have helped.
This should have been a black comic masterpiece.
... can't be dismissed as a vanity project
A slyly macabre fantasia that works on its own demented terms.
It's as nourishing as a Big Mac with fries.
It's a setup so easy it borders on facile, but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast.
An uneven parody that sometimes amuses but just as often annoys.
Quite possibly the best "modernizing" of a Shakespeare tale in recent memory.
McBeth's personal karmageddon builds with comedy and tragedy in equal measure, without being as long as the original.
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.
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.
It's not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair, even coming from the drive-thru.
Underachieves only in not taking the Shakespeare parallels quite far enough.
The combined talents of cast and crew create a new take on an enduring drama that pairs nicely with a side order of kitsch.
As flaccid and undistinguished as star James LeGros's period wig.
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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