Whisky Galore
Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship in this remake of the 1949 Ealing comedy of the same name. Stars Eddie Izzard.
- Director:
- Gillies MacKinnon ('Behind the Lines', 'Hideous Kinky', 'A Simple Twist of Fate')
- Writer:
- Peter McDougall
- Cast:
- Gregor FisherEddie IzzardJames CosmoKevin GuthrieEllie KendrickSean BiggerstaffTim Pigott-SmithFenella Woolgar
Reviews & comments
The Guardian
pressGillies MacKinnon’s remake of the classic postwar Ealing comedy is light on laughs and feels out of place in 2016.
Stuff
press...from Izzard's constantly black-affronted army man to Kevin Guthrie's mother hen-pecked schoolteacher and Gregor Fisher's scheming postmaster there's plenty of panto-style characters to stir the emotions.
New Zealand Herald
pressWhile it's a movie not lacking in nationality, it sure doesn't have much personality. No, it doesn't capture the, och aye, spirit of the original.
Independent
pressWhat makes the film so pleasurable is the humour and lyricism with which it tells its rousing story of whisky-loving small timers coming together together to keep officialdom at bay.
The Guardian
pressGillies MacKinnon’s remake of the classic postwar Ealing comedy is light on laughs and feels out of place in 2016.
Stuff
press...from Izzard's constantly black-affronted army man to Kevin Guthrie's mother hen-pecked schoolteacher and Gregor Fisher's scheming postmaster there's plenty of panto-style characters to stir the emotions.
New Zealand Herald
pressWhile it's a movie not lacking in nationality, it sure doesn't have much personality. No, it doesn't capture the, och aye, spirit of the original.
Independent
pressWhat makes the film so pleasurable is the humour and lyricism with which it tells its rousing story of whisky-loving small timers coming together together to keep officialdom at bay.
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