Synopsis
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
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Cast
- Liam NeesonRobert Roy MacGregor
- Jessica LangeMary MacGregor
- John HurtJohn Graham
- Tim RothArchibald Cunningham
- Eric StoltzAlan MacDonald
- Brian CoxKillearn
- Jason FlemyngGregor
- Andrew KeirArgyll
- Shirley HendersonMorag
- Brian McCardieAlasdair
Recommandations
- 88
ReelViews
As embodied by Liam Neeson, Rob Roy is a tremendous protagonist -- a naive man whose belief in honor and whose love for a woman, family, and clan make him a figure to cheer for. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
This is a splendid, rousing historical adventure, an example of what can happen when the best direction, acting, writing and technical credits are brought to bear on what might look like shopworn material. - 60
Washington Post
Thanks to screenwriter Alan Sharp's fast-moving scenario featuring a healthy array of rape, pillage, burning, deceit, swordfighting, treachery and murder, it's a watchable hoot. - 50
The New York Times
Rob Roy is best watched for local color and for its hearty, hot-blooded stars. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Like a coffee-table book, it looks inviting and teases you with sumptuous photography but leaves you cold. - 50
Rolling Stone
You always know where it's going even as it meanders for two and a half hours getting there. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Sir Walter Scott's novel is turned inside-out by Michael Caton-Jones's movie, which transforms the title character from an elusive rogue into a conventional hero who swaggers across the screen from beginning to end. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Part historical narrative, part epic romance, and part swashbuckling adventure, Rob Roy is overly cultivated, resulting in a stiff, unnatural hybrid that's quite lovely to look at, but lacks spontaneity.
