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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 and early 1970s small town America.... [More]
Starring: James LeGros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken, Kevin Corrigan
Director: Billy Morrissette
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Reviews for Scotland, PA
Top Critic
It's a setup so easy it borders on facile, but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast.
10/21/02
Quite possibly the best "modernizing" of a Shakespeare tale in recent memory.
07/09/02
McBeth's personal karmageddon builds with comedy and tragedy in equal measure, without being as long as the original.
07/01/02
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.
06/28/02
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
It’s not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair, even coming from the drive-thru.
06/07/02
Top Critic Underachieves only in not taking the Shakespeare parallels quite far enough.
04/26/02
The combined talents of cast and crew create a new take on an enduring drama that pairs nicely with a side order of kitsch.
04/25/02
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
A disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the Bard, particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers.
04/05/02
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