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Local Hero (1983) Rank 4 Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Here is a small film to treasure, a loving, funny, understated portrait of a small Scottish town and its encounter with a giant oil company. The town is tucked away in a sparkling little ...read the complete Local Hero movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
I'd never even heard of Local Hero until I read an epitaph of Burt Lancaster, who has top billing but is hardly the star of this charming, unsung little film. Lancaster plays a wealthy oil company CEO who sends one of his crew, Mac (Peter Riegert), to a ...read the complete Local Hero movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
But I can go back, year after year, and I do. With each viewing, the simple joy of life at Ferness, and the transitory pricelessness of that particular time and place becomes more and more dear. ...read the complete Local Hero movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Charming, whimsical, and practically perfect, LOCAL HERO reminds us of the great pleasures that British comedy used to routinely provide. This is the greatest Ealing comedy never made: a quirky character comedy with a skillful use of location that is ...read the complete Local Hero movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Bill Forsyth, arguably still the directorial world's best-kept secret, followed up the delightful 'Gregory's Girl' with this magical, intelligent comedy about an American wheeler-dealer who falls in love with the piece of Scottish land he's about to help ...read the complete Local Hero movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Movie Reviews UK
It would seem, a gross simplification, that Americans regard the "old-country" in a fond, undiscerning light. Generations may have passed since their forefathers reached the New World but an unfocused longing remains, or at least that's how Local Hero ...read the complete Local Hero movie review at Movie Reviews UK
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
McIntyre (Peter Reigert) is an ambitious executive with a Knox Oil & Gas, based in Houston, Texas. He is dispatched by Happer (Burt Lancaster), the company's eccentric billionaire chief executive, to a remote corner of Scotland to acquire a fishing ...read the complete Local Hero movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
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