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Scotland, PA (2002)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:10
Rotten:16
Average Rating:5.2/10
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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Reviews for Scotland, PA
Top CriticThere are some truly wacky parallels with Shakespeare's play.
05/10/02
Top CriticIt's simple, sizzly and very funny.
03/22/02
Top CriticThe 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
Top CriticA trailer-trash version of Macbeth that should be avoided like an Elizabethan pox.
03/13/02
Top Critic... the quality of the material is scattered and uneven.
03/08/02
Top Critic... plays like one of those lampoons put on by lawyers (and journalists), the kind that start out amusing and end up grasping for gags.
03/08/02
Top CriticNone of this is very original, and it isn't particularly funny.
03/01/02
Top CriticThe jokes sometimes fall flat, but the weirdness and darkening of tone make for quirky fun.
02/28/02
Top CriticSometimes smart but more often sophomoric.
02/28/02
Top Critic... a Shakespearean happy meal.
02/26/02
Top CriticScotland, PA. blurs the line between black comedy and black hole.
02/26/02
Top CriticScotland, Pa. succeeds because of the cast's communal vibe of arrogant stupidity.
02/16/02
Top CriticI enjoyed the movie in a superficial way, while never sure what its purpose was.
02/15/02
Top Critic... a joke at once flaky and resonant, lightweight and bizarrely original.
02/15/02
Top CriticOut, damned flop!
02/14/02
Top CriticPeppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments.
02/12/02
Top CriticIt's an indication of the movie's cluelessness that Walken is cast as the one true voice of sanity.
02/10/02
Top CriticFilm can't quite maintain its initial momentum, but remains sporadically funny throughout.
02/08/02
Top CriticFlat and uninspired.
02/08/02
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