
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honor.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honor.
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| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenPowered by a Scottish writer, a Scottish director, and the rugged beauty of the Scottish Highlands, this is clearly a labour of love, and the passion gets right up on the screen. |
| NewsweekJack KrollAs embodied by Liam Neeson, Rob Roy is a tremendous protagonist -- a naive man whose belief in honor and whose love for a woman, family, and clan make him a figure to cheer for. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is a splendid, rousing historical adventure, an example of what can happen when the best direction, acting, writing and technical credits are brought to bear on what might look like shopworn material. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA rousingly square romantic epic spiced with dashes of sex and bloodlust; it's "Robin Hood" meets "The Last of the Mohicans" meets "Death Wish". |
| The New YorkerTerence RaffertyAlthough it's an agreeable movie, Caton-Jones's direction is too discreet -- too civilized -- to stir the viewer's blood. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonThanks to screenwriter Alan Sharp's fast-moving scenario featuring a healthy array of rape, pillage, burning, deceit, swordfighting, treachery and murder, it's a watchable hoot. |
| EmpireAndrew CollinsBraveheart in a new kilt. Not exactly original, then, but worth a look. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittSir Walter Scott's novel is turned inside-out by Michael Caton-Jones's movie, which transforms the title character from an elusive rogue into a conventional hero who swaggers across the screen from beginning to end. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkPart historical narrative, part epic romance, and part swashbuckling adventure, Rob Roy is overly cultivated, resulting in a stiff, unnatural hybrid that's quite lovely to look at, but lacks spontaneity. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversYou always know where it's going even as it meanders for two and a half hours getting there. |