Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

mistoppi It's almost hard to believe how good the story is. The trailer already tells it's going to be a very interesting crime comedy, but at least for me the trailer didn't exactly give a clear picture of the story., and it turned out to be a lot different from what I expected. The film is filled with many exciting twists and turns that keep the viewer on their toes. The dialogue is also amazingly funny, and a clear sign of amazing writing.There's just something especially detailed about this movie. It looks and sounds like every part was so carefully planned. Of course that's the case with most movies, but in some movies with casual, uninteresting cinematography it's not as visible. The cinematography in this film by Fabian Wagner reminds me of Wes Anderson's movies, and Filth (2013). I especially loved the beginning, and how the music created such a calm, chill atmosphere, which was then wonderfully conflicting with what was going on with the murderer. The Legend of Barney Thomson is extremely skillfully made movie, with hilarious yet intriguing story. The most important thing to remember though is to be prepared with subtitles, if you have trouble understanding people from Glasgow.

Python Hyena The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015): Dir: Robert Carlyle / Cast: Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Ashley Jensen, Sam Robertson: The legend in question comes through several errors of conduct that result in a few accidental murders. Robert Carlyle plays Barney Thomson, an ill tempered barber who is about to be fired but a tussle with his boss ends with scissors stuck in his chest. Paranoid Barney packs up the body in hopes of figuring out what to do. He goes to his ill mannered mother for support only to learn more grim truths. As director Carlyle proves to understand old British humour and excels greatly here despite some harsh gross moments involving body parts. Carlyle plays off the paranoia with great comic payoff as he feeds one lie after another to two competing investigators that are bearing down on him. Emma Thompson plays his cynical mother who views the body in her son's trunk as something to scold him for as oppose to be shocked by. Ray Winstone plays a frustrated cop investigating the disappearance while Ashley Jensen plays an angry and aggressive investigator who is constantly exchanging nasty insulting one-liners with Winstone. This all concludes on a clever standoff that pits Thomson as the main and secondary target. Extremely funny edgy comedy that examines the messes we sometimes find ourselves in and the faulty methods we may undertake just to cover them up. In the end Thomson observes everyone from outside the barber shop trying to understand how he became a legend and the absurdity of it all. Score: 9 / 10

decaturskid At twelve minutes and thirty two seconds I had to abandon this film secure in my new found belief that all of Scotland has something stuck in their throat.I have a serious aversion to subtitles because if I want to read, I know where books are located. So you can imagine my thoughts on a movie that is allegedly in English but still require subtitles to understand.I'm not advising that you don't give it a go. As for me, I'm getting older and am not willing to strain through this thing. The chances of it ending up sucking are just too great.It looks like it has potential, but if the good people of Scotland want to be a part of my movie going experience; They're going to have to spit out the marbles.

eryui This is a funny noir comedy, well made with an excellent cast. I really like Carlyle so I could not be completely impartial.It is a film that gives you some laughs, but it does not let you to yell to miracle. I don't see it as a cult movie (like could be "The Full Monty" to me) as I have read here in the comments. It needed something more.The actors and the dialogue are the masters here, but also the scenery, the photograph is taken care of. It is well packaged but the plot is not very thorough, it might have been better use the element of surprise and a few more dialog jokes would not hurt at all too. It is not very exciting and it feel like a little flat.In any case, the movie has managed to put a smile on my face from beginning to end giving me a few very good laugh.A good debut for Carlyle as a director with some space for improvement.It should be 7/10 to me.