Review of Local Hero (1983) by Lee Anne W — 13 Apr 2011
I loved this movie...no, I was obsessed with this movie when I was a teenager, but I hadn't watched it years. I am thrilled to report it is still as perfect as I remember, and that I remembered it like the back of my hand. Peter Riegert plays a Houston oil company worker who goes to a Scottish village which his company plans to buy and destroy to build a refinery. Burt Lancaster is his boss, and Denis Lawson (Wedge Antilles from "Star Wars"/Ewan McGregor's uncle) is the local innkeeper.
Maybe some people would find it too twee, with its touches of magical realism (there is a possible mermaid) and quirky small town characters, but I find it completely perfect, and by the ending, I am filled with happy/sad. *Swoon*.
This review of Local Hero (1983) was written by Lee Anne W on 13 Apr 2011.
Local Hero has generally received very positive reviews.
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