Scotland, PA Critic Reviews
Metascore®:
Based upon 10 Critic ReviewsHighest Rated
- |
- Publications (A-Z)
- |
- Critics (A-Z)
- |
- Favorite Critics
It's simple, sizzly and very funny.Read the full review
Succeeds because of the cast's communal vibe of arrogant stupidity.Read the full review
Funny? Yes, but in its slapdash way, it sounds nuttier than it plays.Read the full review
I have the curious suspicion that it will be enjoyed most by someone who knows absolutely nothing about Shakespeare, and can see it simply as the story of some very strange people who seem to be reading from the same secret script.Read the full review
At many points along the way I wanted to wash my hands of Scotland, PA., but then this sly, silly comedy got me smiling again.Read the full review
Walken is so funny, he almost makes you forget this flick is one joke stretched thinner than Calista Flockhart.Read the full review
Too leisurely paced and visually drab for its own good, it succeeds in being only sporadically amusing.Read the full review
Blurs the line between black comedy and black hole.Read the full review
Shakespeare hasn't had it this rough since Lemmy from Motörhead performed the opening soliloquy in "Tromeo And Juliet."Read the full review
It's easy to accuse Morrissette of condescending to a bunch of yokels, but hardly anybody would hold that against him if the result had been hilarious instead of deadly dull.Read the full review
