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Director
  
Robert Carlyle

7.6/10
IMDb

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
June 2015 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) 24 July 2015

Writer
  
Richard Cowan, Richard Cowan, Colin McLaren, Colin McLaren

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The Legend of Barney Thomson, known in the United States as Barney Thomson, is a 2015 British comedy thriller based on the 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.

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Plot

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Set in Glasgow, the film centres around 50-year-old Barney Thomson, who works at Henderson's Barbers in Bridgeton and lives a life of desperate mediocrity. Barney's uninteresting life gets turned upside down when he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of a serial killer after accidentally killing his boss Wullie.

Cast

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  • Robert Carlyle as Barney Thomson
  • Emma Thompson as Cemolina, Barney's mother
  • Ray Winstone as Detective Inspector Holdall
  • Ashley Jensen as Detective Inspector June Robertson
  • Kevin Guthrie as Detective Sergeant MacPherson
  • Sam Robertson as Detective Sergeant Sam Jobson
  • Brian Pettifer as Charlie, Barney's friend
  • Stephen McCole as Wullie Henderson, Barney's boss
  • Eileen McCallum as Mrs. Gaffney
  • James Cosmo as James Henderson, Wullie's father and the owner of Henderson's Barbers
  • Barbara Rafferty as Jean Monkrieff

    • Critical response

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    The film-critics aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports 59% positive reviews based on 29 reviews and a weighted average score of 6/10. The site's consensus statement reads, "The Legend of Barney Thomson may not quite live up to its grandiose title, but it offers a fine calling card for debuting director Carlyle, and Emma Thompson's performance adds a spark." At the review aggregator Metacritic, the film has a normalized score of 59 out of 100, based on 9 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

    References

    The Legend of Barney Thomson Wikipedia
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    The Legend of Barney Thomson IMDb The Legend of Barney Thomson themoviedb.org


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