I must say, having lived in the East end of Glasgow all my life and not far from the films setting in Blackhill, I thought the accents were hilarious. I must admit, I quite like the actors - Martin Compston is a decent actor and so too is John Hannah. Regardless, some of my family still live in Provanmill/Blackhill, and I couldn't stop laughing at the accents! I mean, the guy that plays, is it Arthur Thomson. Didn't he have an Irish accent? Maybe they should have just kept with the good old Glaswegian accent and just subtitled it; like they normally do when English TV crews come here and interview Glaswegians for some documentary. That would have kept the authenticity perhaps.
Nonetheless, is it a good film? It is a worth a watch if you are not Glaswegian, I think. For Glaswegians, especially for those of us who live in the East end, it borders on hilarity and not because of the content.The film deals with serious issues. It is just because the accents are so soft and out of context. And I know that they had to soften it for the purposes of a wider audience,but come on, no one in the east end of Glasgow speaks like that.
Nonetheless, is it a good film? It is a worth a watch if you are not Glaswegian, I think. For Glaswegians, especially for those of us who live in the East end, it borders on hilarity and not because of the content.The film deals with serious issues. It is just because the accents are so soft and out of context. And I know that they had to soften it for the purposes of a wider audience,but come on, no one in the east end of Glasgow speaks like that.