Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.
Writer/director Charles Martin Smith brings energy and wit to this British-Canadian co-production.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
20 Feb 2009
fresh:
Written and directed by an American, the film nevertheless feels closer to the 'British' spirit of the old Ealing comedies, something emphasised by its old-fashioned ambience and its charming evocation of the period.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
19 Dec 2008
rotten:
This unabashedly sentimental and outright anti-English pic is stodgy as a cheap haggis with nationalistic sentimentality.
– Leslie Felperin,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Smith, who also wrote the screenplay, is all brisk efficiency over the course of the movie's fat-free 96 minutes.