Fresh
The thematics are rather cloying, but the mood -- profoundly relaxed, bemused -- eventually conquers.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Local Hero
THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.
1983 · 1h 51m · PG
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Bill Forsyth
Overview
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[It's] loaded with wry, offbeat humor and is the sort of satisfying, personal picture that is becoming an increasingly rare commodity these days
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Fresh
Here is a small film to treasure, a loving, funny, understated portrait of a small Scottish town and its encounter with a giant oil company.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
It demonstrates Mr. Forsyth's uncanny ability for making an audience sense that something magical is going on, even if that something isn't easily explained.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Forsyth cannot quite tease out of his characters the kind of strange sublety that Powell and Pressburger delivered, but it is enough that he and producer David Puttnam succeed in making you realise just how badly this kind of film has been missed.
Time Out
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