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Rob Roy

1995

Michael Caton-Jones

Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, John Hurt ...

6.5

12,080

Adventure. Drama In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrwoing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to hurd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Stack SFGATE	"With such a cast and the setting of the Highlands, plus a story with a gold mine of dramatic potential, it is a puzzle why Rob Roy is so uninvolving"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"The film follows a predictable dramatic arc, yet it has style and heart, and Neeson and Jessica Lange are superb together"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"A splendid, rousing historical adventure (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Newsweek	"A welcome paradox--an intelligent, rousing adventure for grown-up kids"	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Empire	"Braveheart in a new kilt. Not exactly original, then, but worth a look."	POS
United States	Terrence Rafferty The New Yorker	"Although it's an agreeable movie, Caton-Jones's direction is too discreet -- too civilized -- to stir the viewer's blood"	NEU

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