Whisky Galore
Seen it?2016 | 98 min | Romance, Comedy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (42% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics and anyone who wants a laugh.
- The mood
- Light and funny, romantic.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the buffoonish English Home Guard commander Captain Waggett and conspire to hide away cases of the precious amber nectar.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
42% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 33K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Gillies MacKinnon
- Gregor FisherMacroon
- Suzy Eddie IzzardCaptain Wagget
- Naomi BattrickPeggy Macroon
- Ellie KendrickCatriona Macroon
- Sean BiggerstaffSergeant Odd
- Kevin GuthrieGeorge Campbell
- James CosmoMacalister the Minister
- Fenella WoolgarDolly Waggett
- Michael NardoneBrown
- John SessionsDoctor McLaren