Scotland, PA.

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Summary: fabulous
Review: I didn't even realize at first that this was a riff off of Macbeth, but I got the joke and I enjoyed it. Very tongue-in-cheek, very absorbing, and yes, very depressing. All the acting is superb.

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Summary: Hmmmm
Review: I liked Shakespeare in Love AND I liked this movie. I must not be well. I'm going to buy this for my husband - he loved it and has declared it his new cult film. Thank goodness, because I've seen Tapeheads waaaaay too many times.

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Summary: My ab-Fav movie!
Review: I love this movie soooo much. Morrisette has done a beyond fab job directing it, not to mention Maura Tierney was perfectly cast. I really liked her as Pat, it broke her 'Good Girl' image she seems to have on ER. This movie is increadibly witty, and well thought out. Kitsch to my heats content!! I love it.

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Summary: Awesome movie....a must see!
Review: I loved this movie so much that I saw it once and had to buy my own copy. Although, it's a modern day McBeth, I don't think you have to know the McBeth play in order to enjoy this one. It is similar in style to Fargo, in that it's clever, funny, and dark all at the same time. You'll definitely laugh! The setting is a small town in 1970's Pennsylvania where the McBeth's work at Duncan's, a local diner. The music is great (Bad Company, Three Dog Night, etc.). Too bad there isn't a soundtrack for this one.

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Summary: Awesome movie
Review: I never do stuff like this butI wanted to do it for this film. Scotland, PA is a entertaining movie from beginning to end. I'm not exectly a film critic but this movie really is funny and well done. Maura Tierney looks really hot and Christopher Walken gives one of his best performances in many years. I recommend this film highly and look forward to the next film from this director.

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Summary: My High School English Teacher Never Envisioned This Version
Review: I really enjoyed director Billy Morrissette's quirky 1970's vision of MacBeth. The acting is superb. It is, for me, always a pleasure to watch Christopher Walken on screen. As Detective MacDuff he is a laugh a minute. James LeGros and Maura Tierney are superb as the main MacBeth and his lady. Kevin Corrigan does a fine job in his supporting role. A great 1970's soundtrack, and where did he find all those 70's vintage Camaros? A little heavy on the F word, so not one for the small kiddies, but other than that a thoroughly enjoyable film.

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Summary: Best Film Discovery in Years
Review: I rented this thinking I was in for another arthouse flop, and 10 minutes into it I knew I was in for the best unanticipated rental experience since the Usual Suspects. If you don't like this movie, you are an idiot-just take the disk out of the player and reach for Triple X with Van Deisel. This movie was so entertaining it even made Andy Dick toleable(don't worry he only has 2.5 minutes total screen-time), and that's saying ALOT. It's like a trainwreck, in that you know the end result is going to be devastating, but you just can't turn away. I did'nt want it to end.

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Summary: At first,
Review: I thought while watching this, "Why do I continually let these Sundance crackbabies convince me to spend my money?", and was ready to shut it off after a half hour of indie not-as-clever-as it-thinks 'comedy'. Then my wife blurted out, "Its Macbeth! Shakespeare's Macbeth!" The movie immediately got better, because I finally understood the motivations, the burn, and Andy Dick. From there on I was able to supend my disbelief and watch it all fall into place. Made solely for fun, from what I can tell, so soak it in, lighten up, and buy the Cliff's Notes so you can be in on the joke.

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Summary: silly. not in a good way.
Review: I was really looking forward to this movie. I saw a little blip about it in a magazine, and it sounded hysterical. I was thrilled when I found it at the video store.
Much to my dissappointment, I found it to be annoying and boring. Sure, the whole McBeth fast food place is funny, and Christopher Walken is a great actor (but a bad script saves no one).
I kept thinking that the son of the owner was Pat in flashback, because they both had this horrible fake, puffy hair thing going on. Then, when i saw them in a scene together I thought,"oh, well that blows that theory."
The three witches/hippies were irritating beyond belief... I can't stand Andy Dick-I find his brand of obnoxious humor torture to watch.
Shakespeare was a brilliant writer- but underneath his fancy words lie the common themes of life, so I think in transferring his work to modern times you have to be careful-we see these themes all the time... it's the "there are only seven stories" factor. The setting was fresh and new, but the story fell flat, and the tragic body pile-up that appears in every Shakespearian tragedy was handled in a blase manner. I didn't care about the characters at all.
Skip it.
Another reviewer said it reminded them of the movie "A Simple Plan." Watch that instead. Or, if you have time, read the book by Scott Smith. It's fantastic.

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Summary: Quirky, strange, and utterly amuzing
Review: If you liked "Shakespeare in Love" this movie is NOT for you. Small town 1970s America is home to the McBeths who cook up a murderous plot to take over the fast food restaurant where they work. Their guilt plagues them and eventually drives them mad. The food references from Shakespeare's MacBeth carry over to "Scotland" as well as the guilt, love and madness of the play.