Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scottish village to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck. However, a local hermit and beach scavenger, Ben Knox, lives in a shack on the crucial beach which he also owns. Happer is more interested in the Northern Lights and Danny in a surreal girl with webbed f... (Full plot summary below)
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Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scottish village to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck. However, a local hermit and beach scavenger, Ben Knox, lives in a shack on the crucial beach which he also owns. Happer is more interested in the Northern Lights and Danny in a surreal girl with webbed feet, Marina. Mac is used to a Houston office with fax machines but is forced to negotiate on Bens terms.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHere is a small film to treasure, a loving, funny, understated portrait of a small Scottish town and its encounter with a giant oil company. |
| EmpireWilliam ThomasLife-affirming and often laugh-out-loud funny, this is feel-good movie-making par excellence. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordA whimsical, delightful tale of a stranger in a strange land. It is director Bill Forsythe's best ever. |
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterA wonderfully entertaining, quietly funny, sweet film. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawIt has a claim to be the last movie with the authentic spirit of the Ealing comedies; although with a longer perspective we can also see how it’s also indirectly influenced by producer David Puttnam in its high-minded spirit of Anglo-American amity. |
| ChristyLemire.comChristy LemireWriter-director Bill Forsyth's 1983 film sneaks up on you. It takes its time. It reveals its characters through snippets of conversation and casual interactions. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe thematics are rather cloying, but the mood -- profoundly relaxed, bemused -- eventually conquers. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliLocal Hero is a fragment of cinematic whimsy - a genial dramatic comedy that defies both our expectations and those of the characters. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyWhile modest in intent and gentle in feel, Local Hero is loaded with wry, offbeat humor and is the sort of satisfying, personal picture that is becoming an increasingly rare commodity these days. |
| Associated PressBob ThomasLocal Hero is a funny movie, but it's more apt to induce chuckles than knee-slapping. Like Gregory's Girl, it demonstrates Mr. Forsyth's uncanny ability for making an audience sense that something magical is going on, even if that something isn't easily explained. |
