This film is horrendous. It is deeply insulting to the religious beliefs of the people of the Scottish islands and highlands. Emily Watson's performance is deeply insulting to people with learning difficulties. She is a terribly over-rated actress, anyway, but the twee, silly way she acts shows that neither she not the director have made any attempt to get to know any real people with learning difficulties.
It features many nasty and unpleasant scenes and shoddy film-making, which heralded the way for the Dogma - emperor's new clothes - style of making bad films. There is an irritating use of famous, inappropriate pop songs and an absurd ending.
It features many nasty and unpleasant scenes and shoddy film-making, which heralded the way for the Dogma - emperor's new clothes - style of making bad films. There is an irritating use of famous, inappropriate pop songs and an absurd ending.