''Gregory's Two Girls'' is a 1999 Scottish film, set in
Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld (; gd, Comar nan Allt, meeting of the streams) is a large town in the historic county of Dunbartonshire and council area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated t ...
and also in various locations in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...
. It is the sequel to ''
Gregory's Girl
''Gregory's Girl'' is a 1980 Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Clare Grogan. The film is set in and around a state secondary school in the Abronhil ...
'' (1981), which also starred
John Gordon Sinclair
John Gordon Sinclair (born Gordon John Sinclair; 4 February 1962) is a Scottish actor, voice actor, singer, and novelist. He is best known for portraying Gregory in the 1981 film '' Gregory's Girl''. There was a Gordon Sinclair already register ...
and Kennie Pullen and was written and directed by
Bill Forsyth
William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946). known as Bill Forsyth, is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films '' Gregory's Girl'' (1981), '' Local Hero'' (1983) and '' Comfort and Joy'' (1984) as well as his adaptation of the Ma ...
.
[ The film received mixed reviews.]
Plot
Eighteen years after the events of ''Gregory's Girl'', Gregory Underwood (Sinclair), now a 35-year-old English teacher in his former secondary school, has fantasies about 16-year-old student Frances (McKinnon). His politically motivated lessons inspire Frances and Douglas, another student, to plot to overthrow a businessman they suspect of trading in torture equipment.
Cast
Reception
Reviewing the film for ''The Guardian
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'', Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw (born 19 June 1962) is a British writer and film critic. He has been chief film critic at ''The Guardian'' since 1999, and is a contributing editor at ''Esquire''.
Early life and education
Bradshaw was educated at Haberdasher ...
said: "This quaint film is from the stable of Forsyth movies such as ''That Sinking Feeling'' and ''Local Hero'', and disconcertingly out of its time... all Forsyth's films have charm, including this one. But, unfortunately, ''Gregory's Two Girls'' has the unhappy distinction of being an Accidental Period Piece."[
However, '']Time Out London
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In 2012, the London edition becam ...
s reviewer said: "There's still comic mileage in Gordon-Sinclair's amiable fumbling Gregory... attention is directed towards wider, broadly political issues, but Forsyth's assured craftsmanship ensures that they are deftly woven into the storytelling. Gordon-Sinclair is a revelation, and although the film suffers from a lack of pace, its wealth of human insight and the premium it places on subtlety of expression make it a rare pleasure.
References
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Scotland: the Movie Location Guide
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1990s British films
1990s English-language films
1990s high school films
1999 comedy films
1999 films
British high school films
British sequel films
Cumbernauld
English-language Scottish films
Fictional trios
Films about educators
Films directed by Bill Forsyth
Films set in schools
Films set in Scotland
Films shot in Edinburgh
Scottish comedy films
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