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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2016

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016

Galas

Programme

5 films · 5 reviews

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E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial

Review preview for E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial

It showcases Spielberg's gifts for light comedy, spectacle, and fairy tale celuloid sorcery.

Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
Spielberg's beloved classic about a stranded and lonely alien.

(Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Melissa Mathison; Stars: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, K. C. Martel, Sean Frye, Tom Howell, Erika Eleniak, David M. O'Dell, Richard Swingler, Frank Toth)

Finding Dory

Review preview for Finding Dory

Balance is the thing and Stanton and MacLane know when to use a well-timed piece of slapstick or visual gag to cut through sentiment.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
The forgetful fish is back.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane; Writer: Andrew Stanton, Victoria Strouse, Bob Peterson; Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Kate McKinnon, Idris Elba, Bill Hader, Dominic West, Kaitlin Olson, Diane Keaton, Ed O'Neill, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy, Andrew Stanton, Hayden Rolence, Bennett Dammann, Torbin Xan Bullock)

Highlander

Review preview for Highlander

Highlander cannot be faulted for its boldness, trying to reinvent the genre by dragging it kicking and screaming into the modern age.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Immortal warriors compete in a game of decapitation with only one possible survivor.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 1986; Director: Russell Mulcahy; Writer: Gregory Widen; Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart, Beatie Edney, Sheila Gish)

Tommy's Honour

Review preview for Tommy's Honour

The film rattles along at a fair pace, peppered with gentle warmth and good humour.

Robert Munro · 3 out of 5
Story about the father and son relationship between the founders of the modern game of golf.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jason Connery; Writer: Pamela Marin, Kevin Cook; Stars: Sam Neill, Ophelia Lovibond, Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Peter Ferdinando, Max Deacon, James Smillie, Ian Pirie, Seylan Baxter, Paul Reid, Therese Bradley, Jim Sweeney, Brett Alan Hart, Colin MacDougall, Kylie Hart)

Opening night film

Whisky Galore!

Review preview for Whisky Galore!

This particular malt is a wee charmer in its own right.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Remake of the island classic.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Gillies MacKinnon; Writer: Peter McDougall; Stars: Ellie Kendrick, James Cosmo, Eddie Izzard, Sean Biggerstaff, Tim Pigott-Smith, Michael Nardone, Fenella Woolgar, Naomi Battrick, Kevin Guthrie, Gregor Fisher, Brian Pettifer, Kevin Mains, Iain Robertson, Ken Drury, Annie Louise Ross)

Closing night film