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2016
Unrated
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 36 m

2016
Unrated
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 36 m

Summary Barney Thomson (Robert Carlyle), awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity. His uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer. [Gravitas Ventures]

Directed By: Robert Carlyle

Written By: Douglas Lindsay, Richard Cowan, Colin McLaren

2016
Unrated
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 36 m

2016
Unrated
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 36 m

Barney Thomson

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews

59

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

5.6

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Summary Barney Thomson (Robert Carlyle), awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity. His uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer. [Gravitas Ventures]

Directed By: Robert Carlyle

Written By: Douglas Lindsay, Richard Cowan, Colin McLaren

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews

22% Positive
2 Reviews

78% Mixed
7 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews

22% Positive
2 Reviews

78% Mixed
7 Reviews

0% Negative
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Entertainment Weekly

Mar 10, 2016

Ultimately, Barney Thomson’s roots are exposed too easily, and the question of “where’d they get that from?” often trumps our curiosity of where the film at hand is going, and that’s a problem.

Feb 23, 2016

Carlyle shoots the story with a propulsive, page-turning energy that’s enjoyably at odds with the Glasgow backdrop, which is dilapidated to the point of timelessness.

By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW

Time Out London

Feb 23, 2016

There are more than a few false notes here.... Still, the sight of Emma Thompson, wearing old-lady prosthetics and a leopard skin coat as Barney’s mum...is not to be missed.

By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

Feb 23, 2016

Emma Thompson gives us a scene-stealing performance which is enjoyably macabre.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

Feb 23, 2016

Merrily gruesome black comedy.

By Simon Crook FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Feb 23, 2016

While the casting of Thompson, just two years Carlyle's senior is a gamble that could easily have seemed gimmicky, the half-Scottish Oscar-winner is a riot as the grotesque Cemolina, a raucously broad-accented, chain-smoking schemer resplendent in faux-ocelot

By Neil Young FULL REVIEW

Feb 23, 2016

The Legend of Barney Thomson has a few redeeming features scattered throughout, but for Carlyle it's much too bland and undefined.

By Jamie Neish FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

22% Positive
2 Ratings

67% Mixed
6 Ratings

11% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

22% Positive
2 Ratings

67% Mixed
6 Ratings

11% Negative
1 Rating

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Details

Production Company Trinity Works Entertainment, Sigma Films, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Creative Scotland, Icon Film Distribution, Movie Central, Myriad Pictures, Province of British Columbia, The Movie Network (TMN), Téléfilm Canada, Westerkick Capital

Release Date Mar 11, 2016

Duration 1 h 36 m

Rating Unrated

Genres

Tagline A Razor Sharp Comedy Directed By Robert Carlyle

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Awards

BAFTA Awards, Scotland

• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations

Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Evening Standard British Film Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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