A seemingly angry Glaswegian barber (Robert Carlyle) doesn't seem to like his customers, but as he is about to be sacked he accidentally kills his boss (Stephen McCole) in the barber shop, and later another colleague. He tries to dispose of both bodies without reporting either incident. Meanwhile, a serial killer is also on the loose and at work and when he asks for help from his rough and brassy mother (Emma Thompson) he discovers that she is the serial killer.
Carlyle's directorial debut packs some surprising punches in this quirky, very Glaswegian black comedy. He adds a good deal of local flavour to the film, including in and around Barrowlands, the famous Glasgow venue. Thompson is superb and is funny as Carlyle's battle axe vulgar foul mouthed mother. Ray Winstone provides support as the harnagued London invesigator with a decent cameo by Tom Courtenay as the inept police chief.
Carlyle's directorial debut packs some surprising punches in this quirky, very Glaswegian black comedy. He adds a good deal of local flavour to the film, including in and around Barrowlands, the famous Glasgow venue. Thompson is superb and is funny as Carlyle's battle axe vulgar foul mouthed mother. Ray Winstone provides support as the harnagued London invesigator with a decent cameo by Tom Courtenay as the inept police chief.