Rob Roy

Pros: Acting, Script, Photography, Score. This has the whole package. :>
Cons: Other directors need to learn from this

Rob Roy (1995)

Rob Roy is the story of a man who had greatness thrust upon him.

Robert Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) was a simple tenant on the lands of a Scottish laird. Rob Roy had a plan to provide for his clan by selling...

Pros: Superb acting with an excellent cast that play out a very captivating story...scenery & score
Cons: None

Rob Roy: Honor is something that a man gives himself. Rob Roy (1995) Directed by Michael Caton-Jones Writing credits Alan Sharp Liam Neeson as Robert Roy MacGregor Jessica Lange as Mary MacGregor John Hurt ...

Pros: The music, scenery, dialogue, dramatic finale, acting, action. Tim Roth.
Cons: Nothing for me.

Preface< b>: Almost three hundred years ago, a legend was born, and the name of the man who was the heart of that legend was Rob Roy MacGregor. From reviewing other reviews of the film entitled Rob Roy< b>, there appears to be some debate as the ...

Pros: A Wonderful Cast performing a great story.
Cons: Only a glimpse of Rob Roy after his bath in the lake 8-)

Rob Roy was released in April of 1995, just weeks before the infamous Braveheart with Mel Gibson. Both were inspired by actual historical Scottish figures. While they have many similarities, the differences is what makes Rob Roy...

Pros: Strong performances by a talented cast
Cons: A bit more gratuitous violence than you'd want young children to witness

Based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy is the kind of movie that you just almost have to like. With a script that is largely unmarred by shades of moral gray, good is clearly good, evil is clearly evil, marital love and fidelity triumph...

Pros: Neeson, excellent setting, great story
Cons: may disappoint action seekers

Finally, after a long lineup of sub-par movies, I've found one I really like. I'll begin with a confession that I have a weakness for movies centering around Scotland or Ireland as these are two countries I've been researching most of my life as part of ...

Pros: everything that can be said, it is a classic
Cons: only one brief scene was in bad taste and good taste prevents me from describing it.

I am sitting here trying to think of a film made in the 90s that is better than “Rob Roy” (1995). “Amistad” (1997) comes to mind, for its theme is as strong as this earlier film, but its dialogue is not quite as rich. Aside from the fine Shakespeare...

Pros: a great historical romp
Cons: dont look for a history lesson

The problem with making a historical tale into a film is that it is always going to be a compromise. What makes a good tale is not often what makes a good film and vica versa. It is easy to take the main subject and polarise it so that the characters are ...

Pros: Solid believable performances serve a great action and a mature love story.
Cons: A certain amount of gore and a couple of brutal sex scenes.

I found viewing ROB ROY (1995) at home almost as good an experience as seeing it in the theater. What greater praise can one give any film? Michael Caton-Jones(1958- ), a rather up and down director (SCANDAL, 1989; DOC HOLLYWOOD, 1991), has put ...

Pros: Good story, nice Scottish locations, Tim Roth, some great action
Cons: Bit too long, some preaching

Although Mel Gibson's Braveheart took the box office and the awards, Michael Caton-Jones's unfairly overlooked Scottish honor vs English greed epic is just as entertaining and in many ways a lot more fun. It certainly doesn't take itself as seriously as...

Pros: Good story, well acted, slick production, great action
Cons: Masterly brogue may be hard to follow in spots

Kilts, claymores, bagpipes, Scottish Highland gandeur, and clannish intrigue conspire to make Rob Roy an enormously entertaining film. It compares well with Braveheart, although Roy's scale is not so grand.

Whenever I...

Pros: Excellent Acting, Tender Love Story
Cons: Action is soft and rare

Scotland was the country of my forebears and, as such, it has always held a special place in my heart. The sight of the glorious highlands, the heather and the lochs is more than enough to bring a twinge to this Scotsman’s heart and a tear to his eye....

Pros: Excellent principal and supporting cast, beautiful photography, good direction
Cons: Should have been nominated for the Academy Award

Liam Neeson is one of my favorite male actors. I thought he was superb in Rob Roy. I saw the movie three or four times in a row. The photography is beautiful, the Scottish coastline, expanses of green hillsides and interior shots of olden Scottish...

Pros: Setting, Costumes, Characterization
Cons: Unnecessary sex scenes, essential but disturbing sexual violence

It's a Braveheart follow up-- focused and centralized on the life of Rob Roy McGregor. (What have the Scots been up to since Wallace's time?) It also takes place in 1713, a year before Queen Anne's death. Swashbucklers and dandies abound in this tale...

Pros: Tim Roth
Cons: Neeson, Lange, slow plot

After seeing how noone put Tim Roth as one of the pros in this movie, I just had to write my own review. Actually, Tim Roth may be the ONLY good thing about this movie. I don't what it is... I can't quite say this is BAD movie, just that it wasn't it ...