| Scotland, Pa. | | Cast : | James LeGros, Maura Tierney | | Director : | Billy Morrissette | | Studio : | Sundance Channel Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | January 01, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | April 13, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | April 04, 2005 | | Summary | Not Too Bad, But Kind Of Silly | Content
 | Scotland, PA. is a good spoof of the origianal "MacBeth," but it is hard to follow and some scenes are 10-15 minutes long. I hate movies like that. It would have been better if the lead actor would have been somebody else, but i'm sure nobody really would want to do a movie like this. I thought it was okay, but silly and kind of creepy. KIND OF. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 06, 2005 | | Summary | My High School English Teacher Never Envisioned This Version | Content
| I really enjoyed director Billy Morrissette's quirky 1970's vision of MacBeth. The acting is superb. It is, for me, always a pleasure to watch Christopher Walken on screen. As Detective MacDuff he is a laugh a minute. James LeGros and Maura Tierney are superb as the man MacBeth and his lady. Kevin Corrigan does a fine job in his supporting role. A great 1970's soundtrack, and where did he find all those 70's vintage Camaros? A little heavy on the F word, so not one for the small kiddies, but other than that a thoroughly enjoyable film. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 27, 2004 | | Summary | Great play on words | Content
| This film arose out of the Sundance Film Festival and is best described as a sort of "Thelma and Louise" in "The Twilight Zone." It's good to watch, at least once.
It starts out rather quirkily funny until the first death, and then it becomes the quintessential black comedy cum tragedy. There are menacing prophetic ghosts and great double entendre playing on of words and ideas that had not yet been discovered in the wild '70s (chicken bits dipped in sauce, drive-through fast food, Duncan donuts, etc.) The moviemakers do a spiffy job of incorporating many of the major defining elements of the '70s, from the songs and clothes to the cars, on through gay teenage boys with long-haired hippie rocker wannabe brothers, to a vegetarian investigating lieutenant (Christopher Walken) and even a streaker at the end. And, thankfully, Christopher Walken is the most likeable character I've ever seen him play. (There is violence, but it certainly is not glorified and not shown in detail. There is quite a bit of cursing, especially by the lead female character, but it just fits for her and is defining for her character.)
It's a very, very well done spicy, funny tragicomedy, with good character and the very best kind of justice--poetic. See it for fun. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 05, 2004 | | Summary | Hilarious and Disturbing: A Black Comic Gem | Content
| This is some of the most fun I've had watching a movie. I took it as a blind recommendation and it has become one of my favorite comedies in years.
Using Shakespeare's Macbeth as his source, former actor Billy Morrissette makes (I believe) his feature film debut as an actor with this brilliantly dark (I know, I'm oxymoronic) comedy.
Set in the depressed town of Scotland, Pennsylvania circa 1973, Morrissette turns Shakespeare's original story about a power hungry wife pushing her too contemplative husband into a bloody post-regicide reign into a tale of an over ambitious wife pushing her dullard husband into murder to take over a fast food joint. Morrissette had obvious fun playing with the characters names and using them to even propel the story. There is of course our anti-hero/heroine Joe "Mac" and his wife Pat - the McBeth's, both of whom work for Duncan, the owner of (what else) a donut shop. Through shrewd manipulation Pat pushes. There's also Lt. McDuff (Christopher Walken seemingly having more fun than he has in anything I can recall him in); Banquo - becomes Banco, and Shakespeare's witches/weird sisters become an unholy trio of drugged out hippies (deliciously played by Andy Dick, Amy Smart and Tim Levitch.
Acting honors go all the way around but James LeGros and Maura Tierney get special mention as the unholy couple. LeGros captures the perfect 70's dullard, small time dreams, clueless and nearly almost ruining everything. He's a delight to watch. Ms. Tierney - an actress who singlehandedly kept me from ever watching E.R. nearly shocked the life out of me by actually proving to be an amazing actress. If for no other reason (but thank God there are plenty of 'em) the movie would be worth watching for Tierney's most delicious, crazed performance of the film. Her transparent subtlety is almost menacing and her greedy ambition is mouthwateringly contagious - you want her to get away with everything.
I can't recommend this movie enough! Hilarious and disturbing Scotland, Pa. is a joy!
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| Rating | | | Date | September 05, 2004 | | Summary | Good Idea, didnt satistfy. | Content
| For some reason when i was watching this movie i kept getting really bored with it and was really not to impressed with how the story was played out. i found some humor in the movie but overall once was more than enough |
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