Film201596 min

The Legend of Barney Thomson

Name: The Legend of Barney Thomson
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Ashley Jensen, James Cosmo

Taste attributes: comedydramacrimedetectiveunsavouryintricatelinearenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evil

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Boxlist takeMorally murky and contained: a layered comedy-drama. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.1 /10

TMDB · 161 votes

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What lines up

Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.

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