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This amiable attempt at reviving the spirit of the Ealing comedy tells the story of a young Scottish milkman (played by Max Beesley, who starred in the BBC dramatisation of Tom Jones), who's looking forward to the return of his childhood sweetheart (Laura Fraser) from university. Despite physical disadvantages (he's worn a calliper since birth), Beesley finds himself involved in a soccer match-cum-feud between two local watering holes, Benny's Bar and L'Bistro (which is owned by Gorgeous Gus, done to an extravagant turn by Richard E Grant). An unpretentious movie with a host of familiar British faces (including Men Behaving Badly's Neil Morrissey).

Thoroughly predictable Scottish comedy about a group of losers discovering a winning community spirit; it might have worked had it been funny, or even amusing.