Gregory's Girl (1982)

Beautiful, moving film.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The soundtrack, the 80s-ness, the odd pacing are a total put-off out of the gate. At first it looks like it might be like 100s of movies since--stupid vehicles of storylessness built to sell tickets, or at least rentals, or at least late-night premium cable channel time slots. Don't be misled--this just might be the most charming ugly-styled, lumpy-paced, horribly-scored movie you've ever seen. Tremendous frank, simple work from the cast. With a rare and extraordinary attention to the goofy, pointless detail, a.k.a., y'know, "life". There is plenty to overlook, I suppose, but it didn't demand a great effort to do so. Hats off to all involved.

I can't add much to the great comments already on here and I will not bore you with anecdotes about growing up in Cumbernauld. What I will say though is that as a teenager, on the first couple of viewings, I lost interest after Carol turns up instead of Dorothy to tell Gregory she's not coming. I was not happy. I thought, "How could she do that to Gregory/me?" I could not enjoy the rest of the movie and could not care less that Gregory got to parade around with 3 other cute lassies.. I guess though that says more about me at that time than anything else.I'm much better now.Gregory and Susan for ever.Magic

This is it, it's Gregory's Girl. Don't look up reviews just buy it watch it and enjoy it. It's Napolean Dynamite 25 years before Napolean Dynamite. It's charming, naive, funny with a capital F and is a slice of early 1980's life worth revisiting again and again. If you've never seen it then stop everything and go to ebay or amazon and get buying. You may get hit with a bus and never get to see this film if you leave it any longer, so go now, stop everything and enjoy Gregory's Girl. Notable performances from all but watch out for John Gordon Sinclair who plays the Gregory, David Anderson playing his dad and Rab Buchanan as his friend. Scattered gems of performances from many many others such as Alex Norton and Chic Murray. It's in my "top 5 movies ever made" category for sure.

This is one of the only teen films I've seen from Britain, and quite a good one. Gregory (BAFTA nominated John Gordon Sinclair) is the typical Scottish geeky virgin who along with his friends are starting to find out about girls. Soon enough he fancies Dorothy (Dee Hepburn), particularly because she has joined his football team, oh, he's the goalkeeper, and she is a much better player than him and the others. He eventually asks her out, but the females are pretty much in charge, and that includes his young sister Madeline (Allison Forster). It is weird when towards the end Gregory turns his attention to another girl, but it is still a good film. Also starring Jake D'Arcy as Phil Menzies, Clare Grogan as Susan, Robert Buchanan as Andy, Billy Greenlees as Steve, Alan Love as Eric, Caroline Guthrie as Carol, Carol Macartney as Margo, Douglas Sannachan as Billy, Chic Murray as Headmaster, Alex Norton as Alec, John Bett as Alistair and Graham Thompson as Charlie. It won the BAFTA for Best Screenplay, and it was nominated for Best Direction for Bill Forsyth and Best Film. It was number 41 on The 50 Greatest British Films, and it was number 25 on The 50 Greatest Comedy Films. Good!