
In this warm Scottish coming-of-age film, gangly teen Gregory and his schoolmates are starting to find out about girls. He fancies Dorothy, not least because she has got onto the football team (and is a better player than he). He finally asks her out, but it is obviously the females in control of matters here, and that very much includes Gregory's younger sister.... (Full plot summary below)
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In this warm Scottish coming-of-age film, gangly teen Gregory and his schoolmates are starting to find out about girls. He fancies Dorothy, not least because she has got onto the football team (and is a better player than he). He finally asks her out, but it is obviously the females in control of matters here, and that very much includes Gregory's younger sister.
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| VarietyVariety StaffMuch of the pic's peculiar fascination comes from tangential scenes, limning each character's odd obsession, be it food, girls, soccer, or just watching the traffic drive by. |
| Sight and SoundGilbert AdairWithin its modest narrative framework, Gregory's Girl strikes me as a well-nigh flawless comedy. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMaybe only grown-ups should see this movie. You know, people who have gotten over the pains of unrequited love (hollow laugh). |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA revealing and credible portrait of adolescence that captures all the confusion, yearning, and terrors of adolescents trying to cope with their ambivalent desires. |
| Associated PressBob ThomasBill Forsyth, formerly a maker of industrial films, made Gregory's Girl for $400,000 with a cast of non-professionals. It provides more pure entertainment than many of Hollywood's overproduced epics. |
| Film4Film4 StaffThe film has fresh, no-nonsense performances and a script so rooted in truth that it seems to have materialized not been written. |
| New York TimesVincent CanbyIt floats effortlessly over its landscape, seeing all from a marvelously cockeyed perspective all its own. |
| User ReviewDavid RTakes me back to my childhood in Scotland. Gentle, quirky humour and a wonderful portrayal of teenage life, it's wonderful |
| User ReviewGiuliana LOne of my most favorite "quiet films." A softly-told story about a few teens. Has a sweet relationship between the title character and his much-younger sister. |
| User ReviewDuncan MI'll never forget the line (coming from the pubescent gawky lead): "Women ... can't live with them ... can't live without them!" |