Amy Smart, Andy Dick, Christopher Walken
Scotland, PA takes Shakespeare's "Macbeth" someplace it's never been: 1970s white-trash America. James LeGros and Maura Tierney are Joe and Pat McBeth, a couple stuck in dead-end fast-food jobs. When ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 22, 2002
Stats: 334 reviews
Terrible. This goes to show that Christopher Walken really will do anything he is offered. It also proves that Andy Dick must die. Only good part: McBeth shoves a hamburger in vegetarian Walkens mouth as he tries to kill him.
To become king -- of the fast food industry. A wonderful transposition of the MacBeth tragedy. Yeah, it's true, a thousand years ago I guess killing MacDuff's family might have somehow helped expedite the plan, but we're talking the 1970s here, so it really strikes me as more e...( read more)
Shakespeare's Macbeth plus the fast food industry = awesome comedy movie. Set in the mid-70s, this movie takes the classic tale of betrayal and guilt and deep-fries it to glorious golden perfection. This is an extremely well-thought out, clever and most importantly funny comedy. ...( read more)
Andy Dick has never been better cast. I think in my heart of hearts I always knew he was a weird sister/stoner.
Anyone who has studied Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth in depth, will get a kick out of Scotland PA. Of course, it doesn't follow the story bit by bit, but it doesn't have to. Practically everything the movie omits, it refers to at some point. The film succeeds at morphing a classi...( read more)
70s-tastic! Clever adaptation of Macbeth with modern kills, dynasties, and sexplay. Maura Tierney is hot.
An interesting take on "Macbeth". There are plenty of movies that rework Shakespeare's plays for modern times and settings, but none manages it quite so uniquely as this film.
I enjoyed the movie in a superficial way, while never sure what its purpose was. full review
Walken is so funny, he almost makes you forget this flick is one joke stretched thinner than Calista Flockhart. full review
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