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
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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.
Theatrical Release:Feb 8, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $228,361
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
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03/24/02
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
As flaccid and undistinguished as star James LeGros’s period wig.
04/19/02
Scotland, Pa. succeeds because of the cast's communal vibe of arrogant stupidity.
02/16/02
Top Critic... a Shakespearean happy meal.
02/26/02
Top CriticA joke that wears thin pretty quickly.
02/08/02
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
There's extra cheese on this Big Mac.
02/26/02
Offers more mild amusement than outright laughs...
05/20/08
It's as nourishing as a Big Mac with fries.
10/23/02
It's simple, sizzly and very funny.
03/22/02
Top CriticA stylish, brash spin on the Bard's Macbeth tale and the early '70s.
01/28/02
Scotland, PA is entirely too straight-faced to transcend its clever concept.
02/04/02
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
Sometimes smart but more often sophomoric.
02/28/02
Top CriticWonderful.
03/18/02
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