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Whisky Galore! (2016)
Nothing of the charm of the original
If you haven't seen the 1949 original - do! it's wonderful and available in blu-ray.
I'm afraid that this has none of the original charm. I have a love of western Scottish culture, and Patrick Doyle's music is Irish-flavoured, certainly not Scottish. There's plenty of Scottish music available - why didn't they use it?
I didn't find the fake-Hebridean accents too annoying, as I thought they tried hard.
Some rotten tomatoes.
* How was the hold of the 'Cabinet Minister' fully illuminated, when the ship had been wrecked for a couple of days?
*The church was clearly not an island church - it was in Fife.
*The music at the wedding was a small orchestra, rather than the fiddle that would have been playing. I found the accompanying music to the whole irritating and out of context. I loved Doyle's music for Henry V, but this is not in the same league.
*Why were all the cars and tractors straight out of concours motor shows? not a spot of mud on them!
*Since the DVD cover tells me that much of this was shot on the East coast of Scotland, it explains why the land was all wrong for a Hebridean island.
Go back to the original!!