Scotland, Pa.

One would think putting Shakespeare's Macbeth in a diner setting would make a great black comedy but alas it butchers the play and just isn't that funny. The first half which follows it adequately albeit way too obvious as to what... Full review

A movie based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the movie does a good job of encorporating the emotions the characters go through in the play. With cuts from the original script left and right, it leaves a sense of emptiness. There... Full review

I thought it was a very worthwhile effort to retell the Scottish play, in the same sense that west side story told the Romeo and Juliet story. Some things work well across 500 years, among them blind ambition and teen... Full review

This movie was fantastic. It was a hillarious movie that would have done well in reglar theaters. I think that the only reason it didn't was because it was Billy Morrissettes first time writing and directing. I saw this in English... Full review

There aren't many movies that you can watch over and over, but this is one of them. I've seen it about 5 times. The soundtrack alone makes the movie worth watching with 6 Bad Company songs. you can't go wrong with... Full review

This is some of the most fun I've had watching a movie. I took it as a blind recommendation and it has become one of my favorite comedies in years.Using Shakespeare's Macbeth as his source, former actor Billy Morrissette makes... Full review

Unfortunately, the few other reviewers were expecting Caddyshack or something. This is a Black Comedy, and it is very good. The scenes are quick and engaging. The actors are well suited for their characters. The Duncan brothers could have their... Full review

There are some that say if Shakespeare lived today he'd be a screenwriter. I don't know if that would be true, but it would be nice to speculate about it. Some proof that this might be possible comes from viewing... Full review

Lately, I've been forcing everyone I know to watch this film. It may not go down in history, but it is hilariously funny--especially if you don't take it too seriously! People need to chill out a bit about it, and not... Full review

I loved this movie. I think that the acting of Maura Tierney was truely wonderful. Infact, you never caught her 'acting'. She was very into the role and it made the movie wonderful. The rest of the cast did a... Full review

Writer/Director Billy Morrissette does a marvelous job on his first feature film and seems to have had great fun with the story of "Macbeth". The latest entry in attempting to update the Bard - and proving that it can be done successfully - is Scotland, PA , a white trash retelling of the classic tale that takes place at a burger joint in the 1970's. ... Full Review

Only the best moments of Scotland, PA.....Ernie McDuff, Christopher Walken provides some good moments.... ... Full Review

All in all, Scotland, PA is a fun movie to rent with half a dozen of your favorite literature nerds-a great choice for that Shakespeare modernization marathon, right after Julie Taymore's "Titus," when you've all curled up into frightened balls and sworn off meat pies for good. ... Full Review

But that's what makes Scotland, PA as great of a film as it is. This is one of those films that you'll enjoy no matter how much you know going in, but will get more enjoyment out of the less you know. ... Full Review

Scotland, PA" works on the level of what an exceptionally bright junior high school kid might turn in for a class project. Feb 8, 2002 | As a hash-slinging Lady Macbeth in the unfortunate "Scotland, PA," Maura Tierney wears an unflappable, couldn't-care-less expression. ... Full Review

The audience is arguably the single most important factor in a play, movie, or any performing art for that matter. The job of the director is to turn a script into a film or play and to make it enjoyable... ... Full Article

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What happens if you take one of William Shakespeare's darkest tragedies and move it to a burger joint in the early 1970s? The answer can be found in the satiric comedy Scotland, PA, the first feature from writer and director... ... Full Article

ot 47's press notes for Scotland, PA are styled after a Cliff Notes study guide. You see, actor Billy Morrissette's first feature is a 1970s riff on Shakespeare's Macbeth . Scotland, UK gives way to Scotland, PA. There are no... ... Full Article

TIPS ON MAXIMIZING YOUR KILL COUNT: (Scotland, Pa's promotional packaging is trying to sell this film as a clever send-up spoof of recent Shakespearean up-dates ala Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie. ... Full Article

It's tempting to say "Scotland, Pa.," Billy Morrissette's retelling of "Macbeth," is "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing." ... Full Article