The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)

Directed by

Robert Carlyle

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

14

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 209 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A socially awkward barber in Glasgow accidentally kills his boss and tries to cover it up. His life spirals into a series of mishaps involving his overbearing mother and a detective on his trail.

darkly comictensequirkygrislyoffbeatunpredictabledeadpanlow-key

What happens

The Legend of Barney Thomson, known in the United States as Barney Thomson, is a 2015 comedy thriller film based on the 1999 novel The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay. It is the directorial debut of Robert Carlyle, who also stars in the film, alongside Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Ashley Jensen and Brian Pettifer. It was previewed at the 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2015 before its release on 24 July 2015. The film also won the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Feature Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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