324. Rory's Way; movie review
Cert 12A
107 mins
BBFC advice: Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex references
"Sometimes, I think it would be quite nice to live like that - where there is next to nobody nearby."
Mrs W yearned after the solitude of the croft from which Brian Cox's character Rory appeared and the local pub in his one-horse village.
I knew what she meant - we have been city folk all of our lives and sometimes it feels as if a complete break would help recharge the batteries.
Or the isolation would turn me into a curmudgeon like Rory - a man at odds with the world, even his son.
Rory is terminally ill but in order to get a firm opinion on his health, he flies from his Hebridean island to San Francisco where his son (JJ Feild) lives.
The men haven't seen each other for some time and Rory has an unhappy knack of winding his offspring up.
The stand-off becomes even more intense when Rory reacts negatively towards the high-powered daughter-in-law (Thora Birch) who he has never previously met.
However, his heart is melted by his baby grandson for whom he develops particular plans before he pops his clogs.
Oh, and he develops a romantic interest with a beautiful and much younger woman (Rosanna Arquette).
The rest of the film is a bit twee but this is where it really goes into the realms of fantasy.
Anyway, despite being consistently badly behaved and utter misery, for the most part, Rory manages to eke a charm even he doesn't seem to realise that he has, simply by trimming his forest of a beard.
It is typical of Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis's film which is just too easy. It has too many cliches and too many comfortable resolutions.
Reasons to avoid: Flatter than it should be
Laughs: One
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: Bare bum
Overall rating: 5/10
Did you know? In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over three years old) reported as able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001.
Final word. Brian Cox: "These two directors were quite inexperienced, because they’d only done very small films, and there were a lot of problems with the editing and a lot of problems bringing it out, but it’s played several festivals, incredibly successfully." The Scotsman
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