Rob Roy
First screened in April 1995 / Most recently screened in June 2015
Director: Michael Caton-Jones. Cast: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, John Hurt, Brian Cox, Eric Stoltz, Andrew Keir, Brian McCardie, David Hayman, Gilly Gilchrist, Brian McArthur, Myra McFadyen, Vicky Masson, Gilbert Martin. Screenplay: Alan Sharp. Twitter Capsule:
Engaging yarn, if not quite the grand and lusty spectacle I remembered. Grand use of Neeson, literally. Tepid direction.
VOR:③
So old-fashioned in grammar and sensibility it practically feels daring. Swordfights and clan honor! Dramas among straight-up middle-aged people! In the 1990s!
