The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
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.
The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
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Released Year: 2015
Runtime: 96 minutes
Directors: Robert Carlyle
Writers: Colin McLaren, Richard Cowan
Casts: Ray Winstone, Stephen McCole, Emma Thompson, James Cosmo, Tom Courtenay, David Speed, Martin Compston, Ashley Jensen, Robert Carlyle, Brian Pettifer, Scott Dymond, James Casey, Barbara Rafferty, Kevin Guthrie, Sam Robertson, Paul Ellard, Eileen McCallum, Matt Costello, Ruari Cannon, Skye Cooper Barr, Finlay Welsh, Dolina MacLennan, David McGowan, Nicola Roy, Sarah McCardie, Anne Downie, Peter Adams, Penny Lamb, Jamie Merritt, Matthew Baxter
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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.
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Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly -
Ultimately, Barney Thomson’s roots are exposed too easily, and the question of “where’d they get that from?” often trumps our curiosity of where the film at hand is going, and that’s a problem.
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The Telegraph -
Carlyle shoots the story with a propulsive, page-turning energy that’s enjoyably at odds with the Glasgow backdrop, which is dilapidated to the point of timelessness.
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Empire -
Merrily gruesome black comedy.
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The Guardian -
Emma Thompson gives us a scene-stealing performance which is enjoyably macabre.
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Time Out London -
There are more than a few false notes here.... Still, the sight of Emma Thompson, wearing old-lady prosthetics and a leopard skin coat as Barney’s mum...is not to be missed.
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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.
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.
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.