
Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood. She meets her father in a fancy restaurant to tell him that she will marry the wealthy middle-aged industrial Robert Bellinger in Kiloran island, in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland. She travels from Manchester to the island of Mull, where she stays trapped due to the windy weather. Whilst on the island, she meets Torquil McNeil and as the days go by they fall in... (Full plot summary below)
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Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood. She meets her father in a fancy restaurant to tell him that she will marry the wealthy middle-aged industrial Robert Bellinger in Kiloran island, in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland. She travels from Manchester to the island of Mull, where she stays trapped due to the windy weather. Whilst on the island, she meets Torquil McNeil and as the days go by they fall in love with each other.
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| Nitrate OnlineDan LybargerAnother charming entry from Powell and Pressburger. |
| Monthly Film BulletinMFB CriticsIf the fundamental framework had been sound this could have been a first-rate film; it is in any case a piece of first-rate entertainment. |
| TIME MagazineJames AgeeMessrs. Powell & Pressburger achieve, unobtrusively, a remarkable study of a place and a people. This study is never quaint, traveloguish, educational or condescending. |
| User ReviewAlan SWorth watching just for the exquisite and glorious filmic devices during the first 15 minutes - especially the train sequence which owes much to Vertov. Watch it and be amazed. Much of the movie shimmers with class issues with the woman in question choosing old rather than new money in a setting with eccentric lovelies (as later developed by Bill Forsyth). Watch it as a mirror on social assumptions in a war-time winswepted Scottish setting. |
| User ReviewFrances ACharming story of English girl going to Scotland to marry her fiance, and falling in love with another, a Scotsman, and with the Scottish countryside there. Just wonderful film in every way. |
| User ReviewLorna HThis is my favorite movie. I love everything about it- writing, acting, directing... and it's set in Scotland. A must see for anyone who likes romantic movies. |
| User ReviewJames L"... and I know who goes with me. I know who I love and the Deil knows who I'll marry." Altogether sublime. |
| User ReviewNate WI Know Where I'm Going is one of the finest romances to ever grace the silver screen. Powell & Pressburger use the glorious Scottish Isles as their backdrop for this classic tale of a determined woman who falls for a different man. One of the most amazing aspects of the film is that it's cinematographer never used a light meter for the outdoor scenes. The end result is unusual, unexpected, and fascinating to watch. I Know Where I'm Going is a classic that deserves to be mentioned alongside other essential romantic films such as Casablanca and Brief Encounter. |
| User ReviewBrian RA charming love story between two unconventional lead characters, given the full Powell and Pressburger treatment. Wendy Hiller plays Joan, a rather snooty modom who is hellbent on sailing to Kiloran in the Hebrides to marry her ancient but exceedingly rich fiancee, but alas she is frustrated by the traditional Scottish weather and has to stay on Mull. She falls under the spell of the island, and ends up falling in love with McNeil (Roger Livesey), the dishy naval officer who is actually the Laird of Kiloran and who has been similarly thwarted in his attempts to make the crossing. The end of the film, where Joan's haughty mask finally slips, and she chooses McNeil over her moribund millionaire, is truly smashing. It's a beautiful film - Mull strangely looks more magnificent in black and white than I think it would in technicolour. The wonderful musical score heightens the drama at the key moments - like when Joan and McNeil make an ill-advised attempt to sail during the storm in a boat the size of a tin of shortbread and almost get sucked into a whirlpool. There's also some good stuff about eagles and falconry and the co-director Michael Powell's spaniels appear to splendid effect. |
| User ReviewAndy CA sublime little film: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger magic. Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesy are terrific. Martin Scorsese watched it the night before he started shooting Raging Bull and copied the cinematography. A copy of the film was kept in the MGM writers' room for decades for research because the screenplay was considered to be letter perfect. Just great in every way. |