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Emma Thompson | ... |
Cemolina
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Robert Carlyle | ... |
Barney
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Ray Winstone | ... |
Holdall
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Tom Courtenay | ... |
Chief Superintendent McManaman
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James Cosmo | ... |
James Henderson
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Ashley Jensen | ... |
Detective Inspector June Robertson
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Martin Compston | ... |
Chris
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Kevin Guthrie | ... |
MacPherson
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Brian Pettifer | ... |
Charlie
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Stephen McCole | ... |
Wullie
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Samuel Robertson | ... |
Detective Sergeant Sam Jobson
(as Sam Robertson)
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Barbara Rafferty | ... |
Jean Monkrieff
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Ruari Cannon | ... |
Well Dressed Young Man
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Paul Ellard | ... |
Bingo caller
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Eileen McCallum | ... |
Mrs. Gaffney
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Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
I watched this in a cinema and there was a lot of laughter coming from the audience. One man even laughed at the first line. The laughing continued throughout.
I would have given the film 10 stars but the story is a bit ridiculous. But, since it is comedy, and IS funny this didn't seem to matter too much. The ending was amusing too.
The film is beautifully shot and the acting is 1st class. My favourite line delivered brilliantly by Emma is "I label everything." And I agree with another reviewer that in the future, this may be considered a cult classic.