Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay
When Texan oil developers try to buy up a small Scottish fishing village for their North Sea oil base, the canny residents give the Americans more than they bargained for.
DVD Release Date: September 21, 1999
Stats: 574 reviews
Sometimes, even Texas oil billionaires have to stop and smell the seaweed.
A clever little morality tale about Scotland and meteor showers and women with webbed toes. This one is really starting to grow on me.
a drama with some light-hearted comedy. burt lancaster actually plays a fairly small part. most of it seems to centre more on the difference in lifestyle between the bustling american city and the scottish coast than the business deal that's going down. i thought all the locals w...( read more)
Amiable british comedy in the spirit of Ealing in which big city american developer Burt Lancaster gets the inevitable life lessons from the usual collection of village eccentrics. Pleasantly predictable.
Quirky, goofy, charming movie in which nothing can be predicted. The creators of 'Northern Exposure' must've used this film as a blueprint for their excellent series, right down to the Rob Morrow lookalike as their fish-out-of-water.
Simply enchanting: Scottish landscape, music & quirks. When industry sets out to exploit nature, it's more than comedy.
It was just ok, I just didn't care about any of the characters.This film was just to bland for me, like eating unflavored gelatin.
Not one for fans of high octane cinema this gentle comedy slowly builds to what has to be one of the best endings in cinematic history. Simple as.
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