Writer/director Bill Forsyth's follow-up to his best film, LOCAL HERO, is another comic exploration of a man undergoing a personal crisis. In LOCAL HERO, the American played by Peter Riegert finds himself enchanted by the people and ambience of a Scottish village he has been dispatched to purchase for an oil company. In COMFORT .. Read more
| Starring | Bill Paterson, Clare Grogan, Eleanor David, Alex Norton |
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| Director | Bill Forsyth |
| Genres | Drama |
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Writer/director Bill Forsyth's follow-up to his best film, LOCAL HERO, is another comic exploration of a man undergoing a personal crisis. In LOCAL HERO, the American played by Peter Riegert finds himself enchanted by the people and ambience of a Scottish village he has been dispatched to purchase for an oil company. In COMFORT AND JOY, Alan (Bill Paterson) is a Glasgow radio disc jockey whose air name is the chirpy Dickey Bird. After Maddy, his girlfriend (Eleanor David), walks out on him at Christmas, he's spurred to re-evaluate his life. Looking for more meaningful work than spinning pop tunes and offering inane chatter to his geriatric listeners, Alan decides to make a radio documentary. He chances upon a local rivalry between two ice cream companies, who are sabotaging each other's trucks in an effort to monopolize the market. Attracted to Charlotte (C.P. Grogan), the daughter of one of the company owners, Alan finds himself playing peacemaker rather than documentarian. That this cold war takes place in the dead of a bitter Scottish winter is only one of Forsyth's many sly touches.
| Starring | Bill Paterson, Clare Grogan, Eleanor David, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide, Rikki Fulton |
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| Director | Bill Forsyth |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1984 To Rent: DVD: not available |
Heavy comedy, short of laughs and sympathy; a distinct descent from Local Hero, which was a comedown after Gregory's Girl.
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Great British Comedy.
This is one of Bill Forsyth's best films. Easily up there with Gregory's Girl and Local Hero among the best British comedies of the eighties. This is ... read more »
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Battered ice-cream with two meanings
This is a review of the Forsyth film not the american film.
A delightful if slow film, It tries to weave too many plot lines that eventually do not ... read more »
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Ice cream
I found this funny but it is a little bit dated now. A nice gentle funny film.
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Comfort and joy..not
I am a fan of both Gregorys Girl and Local hero, and have waited a long time to see this film. It was a big disappointment.
The film takes too long ... read more »
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