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Scotland PA

2001

TBC

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

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Joe McBeth is a hard-working but unambitious man who toils at a hamburger stand alongside his wife Pat. Pat is convinced she could do a lot better with the place than their boss Norm Duncan is doing, so she works up a plan to usurp Norm, convincing Mac to rob the restaurant's safe and then murder Norm. Though two stoners and a would-be fortune teller warn Mac that bad luck awaits him, he gathers his courage and goes through with his wife's scheme. At first, things seem to have gone just as Pat hoped, and after Norm's sons sell the restaurant to them, business takes off. But vegetarian police detective McDuff is convinced there's foul play at the new center of the fast food universe. Added to this, the McBeths fear that fry cook Banco knows more than he's letting on, leading Mac to take charge in the plotting department and decide there may be more dead meat on the menu.

Scotland PA details

Formats:	TBC DVD, 15 LOVEFiLM Instant
Starring:	Kevin Corrigan, Tom Guiry, James LeGros, James Rebhorn, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken
Director:	Billy Morrissette
Genres:	Comedy - General, Drama - General, Crime
Studio:	SHOWTIME ENTERTAINMENT
Collections:	Watch Now Top Rated

Title	Runtime	Certificate
Scotland PA	1hr 38 mins	15

LOVEFiLM Instant Information

Run time:	1 hour 38 minutes
Rental release:	Not available in UK

Name	Discs
Scotland PA	TBC Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 44 minutes
Rental release:	Not available in UK
Main languages:	English

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Greasy Spoon, Bloody Murder.

By danieljparsons (118 reviews) from Ashford , 02 Jan 2010

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Writer/Director Billy Morrissette has made a really fantastic film here - an updating of Macbeth, changing the setting to a fast food joint in Scotland, Pennsylvania (see what they did there?) in the 1970's.

Rather than a tragedy, the film plays as a black comedy with tragic undertones, mostly played for laughs with an excellent cast. Maura Tierney is truly terrific as Pat McBeth, getting the character just the right shades of wisecracking, manipulative and sympathetic. James LeGros is solid as ever as 'Mac' McBeth, and Christopher Walken is very funny without resorting to his usual creepy shtick. There's also a nice cameo from Amy Smart.

There are some really great touches here - I particularly liked how the 'washing of the blood' from Lady Macbeth's hands is updated, and how the ghostly visions Mac has are filmed. Great stuff, and I *love* the soundtrack.
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Greasy Spoon, Bloody Murder.

By danieljparsons (118 reviews) from Ashford , 02 Jan 2010

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Writer/Director Billy Morrissette has made a really fantastic film here - an updating of Macbeth, changing the setting to a fast food joint in Scotland, Pennsylvania (see what they did there?) in the 1970's.

Rather than a tragedy, the film plays as a black comedy with tragic undertones, mostly played for laughs with an excellent cast. Maura Tierney is truly terrific as Pat McBeth, getting the character just the right shades of wisecracking, manipulative and sympathetic. James LeGros is solid as ever as 'Mac' McBeth, and Christopher Walken is very funny without resorting to his usual creepy shtick. There's also a nice cameo from Amy Smart.

There are some really great touches here - I particularly liked how the 'washing of the blood' from Lady Macbeth's hands is updated, and how the ghostly visions Mac has are filmed. Great stuff, and I *love* the soundtrack.
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