Synopsis
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
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Cast
- Burt LancasterFelix Happer
- Peter RiegertMac
- Denis LawsonUrquhart
- Fulton MackayBen
- Peter CapaldiOldsen
- Jennifer BlackStella
- Jenny SeagroveMarina
- Norman ChancerMoritz
- Rikki FultonGeddes
- Alex NortonWatt
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
Here is a small film to treasure, a loving, funny, understated portrait of a small Scottish town and its encounter with a giant oil company. - 100
Empire
Life-affirming and often laugh-out-loud funny, this is feel-good movie-making par excellence. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
Charming, whimsical, and practically perfect, Local Hero reminds us of the great pleasures that British comedy used to routinely provide. - 90
Variety
While modest in intent and gentle in feel, Local Hero is loaded with wry, offbeat humor and is the sort of satisfying, personal picture that is becoming an increasingly rare commodity these days. - 88
ReelViews
Local Hero is a fragment of cinematic whimsy - a genial dramatic comedy that defies both our expectations and those of the characters. - 80
The New York Times
Local Hero is a funny movie, but it's more apt to induce chuckles than knee-slapping. Like Gregory's Girl, it demonstrates Mr. Forsyth's uncanny ability for making an audience sense that something magical is going on, even if that something isn't easily explained. - 80
Salon
Local Hero is as sweet and loving as movies get. But it's also about as off-kilter as they get, too. - 80
Time Out
Local Hero, which concerns the frustrations of a Texas oilman's attempts to buy up an idyllic Scottish village, ranks as a lyrical anti-urban comedy in the great tradition of films like I Know Where I'm Going and Whisky Galore!; and its essential triumph is to prove that comedy can still contain a gentle, almost mystical, aspect without necessarily being old-fashioned.
