Whisky Galore

2016

Action / Comedy / Romance

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 42% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 49% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 1961 2K

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Plot summary

The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the buffoonish English Home Guard commander Captain Waggett and conspire to hide away cases of the precious amber nectar.


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Gregor Fisher as Macroon
Eddie Izzard as Captain Wagget
James Cosmo as Macalister the Minister
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JoeytheBrit 4 / 10

Whisky Galore review

A lacklustre remake of the classic 1940s Ealing comedy which fails to achieve the whimsical charm for which it is clearly aiming despite the best efforts of Gregor Fisher and Eddie Izzard.

Reviewed by ferguson-6 6 / 10

remake of "hardship"

Greetings again from the darkness. There's good fun to be had in watching director Gilles MacKinnon's and writer Peter McDougall's remake of the 1949 comedy from director Alexander Mackendrick and writer Angus MacPhaill, based on the novel from Compton MacKenzie. Whew! Is that enough 'Macs' for you? The story takes place on an isolated Scottish island of Todday during WWII, and is loosely based on true events of 1941.

Not only is the community geographically isolated, it's also mostly insulated from the rationing and hardships caused by the Great War. All that changes when the last bit of whisky is guzzled, leaving the locals "in terrible shape" with nothing to drink but tea (uttered with equal parts disgust and disappointment). Even though it was Irish and not Scottish, if you've seen Waking Ned Devine (1998), then you'll have an idea of the comedic style – mischievous wry humor rather than hysterical slapstick.

The key locals include Gregor Fisher as Macroom, single father to two grown daughters Catriona (Ellie Kendrick) and Peggy (Naomi Battrick). Of course, where there are two lovely daughters, there is likely to be love in the air. Filling these roles are returning war hero Sergeant Odd (Sean Biggerstaff) and George (Kevin Guthrie), the son of a local ultra-Calvinist mother. Eddie Izzard plays the all too serious Home Guard Captain Wagget, while Fenella Woodgar spouts some of the film's best one-liners as his wife.

When a cargo ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky crashes just offshore, the locals begin plotting how to rescue the bounty and return normalcy to their daily lives … all while observing the Sabbath and gazing wistfully at the ship from dry land. There is also a funky sub-plot that ties into the story of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Spencer, but this is mostly a story of local ingenuity and inspiration set to the beautiful music of Scottish bagpipes and violins (from composer Patrick Doyle). The quaint setting and predicament make for whimsical fun and some nice laughs … just remember to change the password if you are guarding the road.

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 5 / 10

Some films simply don't need to be remade...

A perfectly charming remake of the cracking 1949 version of Compton MacKenzie's tale of a remote Scottish island that, during the privations of WWII, finds a passing ship wrecked on its shores with an enormous cargo of whisky aboard. Their antics to "rescue" the contents and keep it from the prying eyes of the local Home Guard captain (Eddie Izzard) and the Customs & Excise men are told using a cast of established Scots actors - Gregor Fisher; James Cosmo, Ken Drury et al. It isn't in the same class as the original; possibly because it is in colour and also the story is largely a straight update - but it is worth a watch.

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