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Watching 'Gregory's Girl' for the first time in over two decades, one is immediately struck by reminders of when it was made: the grainy film, the dreadful soundtrack, the big hair of both its male and female characters. But one is soon also reminded of why it proved such a massive hit, in spite of it's low budget, unpretentious nature. For at its heart, Bill Forsyth's film captures two eternal realities, the (potentially charming) essential uselessness of a certain sort of teenage male, and the particular uselessness of just about all males when confronted by a sufficiently pretty girl (Dee Hepburn, although Clare Grogan, later a pop star, appears in a secondary role). But the gentle narrative eschews the obvious cliché, and it's also nice to see a story set in a Scottish housing scheme that isn't just a tale of drugs and A.I.D.S. It still feels funny and true after almost thirty years.

This is one of the funniest and most warm-hearted films ever! John Gordon Sinclair and Dee Hepburn were absolutely wonderful in this story of teenage love and the sudden twists & turns that occur when you think you've met THE ONE, but then someone else...

Gregory's Girl is written and directed by Bill Forsyth. It stars John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Clare Grogan. Music is scored by Colin Tully and cinematography by Michael Coulter.

The perils of school day love get the once over by Forsyth in a film that oozes simplicity of charm and understated warmth. Plot focuses on gawky teenager Gregory (J G Sinclair) who becomes infatuated by the latest addition to the school's football team, Dorothy! (Hepburn). As imbalanced hormones rage and awkwardness takes a hold, Gregory lunges from one sequence to another not getting any help from his equally awkward pals. Everyone, it seems, has their own quirky issues, while Forsyth drops in some delightfully off kilter touches to further emphasise the roller coaster ride of puppy love.

Performances are nailed on perfect. Sinclair proves adroit at physical comedy, his portrayal of shyness and yearning a real treat. Hepburn is deliberately coy as Dorothy, her athleticism to be applauded, and future Altered Images popstrel Grogan leaves a telling mark as the sexy joker in the pack. But it's Allison Forster as Gregory's kid sister Madeline who really is the surprise, precocious and deftly etched into the narrative, it's a key girl role that in young Foster's hands bridges the link between Gregory's emotional chaos and mental happiness.

Irresistible and enchanting movie. 8/10

I've caught this movie a few times playing on Stars in the states, and there is something indescribably charming about it. Maybe I'm biased because I've always loved British movies and television shows, but I found this movie very cute. The story is nothing big and dramatic, just a boy liking a girl and learning a bit about himself and about love in general in the end. The lead character of Gregory is very convincing and very real, you like him but at the same time you can't help wincing a bit at his awkwardness, especially in the scene where he's helping Dorothy out in football by playing goalie. I find this movie very refreshing when compared to teen comedies that are being made nowadays. Gregory's Girl has a realness and innocence to it that is severely lacking in Hollywood now.

And also thanks to whoever posted that the US version had the Scottish accents dubbed. I always noticed there was something "off" about the voices, especially the younger kids and now I see why. I hope someday I can see a copy with the original voices intact.

John Gordon Sinclair got a BAFTA nomination for his efforts here in 1981 before the film went on to take the best screenplay honour in 1982 - and it's his charming effort as the lovestruck, geeky, teenager from Cumbernauld that endures even now. He is the eponymous lad who isn't on form with the school football team so is moved into goal. He's not exactly pure dead brilliant, but perks up when the apple of his eye - "Dorothy" (Dee Hepburn) shows some interest in joining the team. A girl playing football! Don't be absurd! Well the school decides it needs to win more than it needs to worry about her sex, so in she comes to the team and that gives the hapless "Gregory" a chance to befriend her a wee bit more and maybe even to pluck up the courage to ask her out for a bag of chips! What ensues is a gently comedic enterprise that invites all of us to recollect our acne-years, when hormones were raging, decisions were lousy and we all had the hots for someone (usually someone unattainable) at school. What he doesn't know is whether she's the least bit interested in him - with or without his best pal's dapper white jacket. It's an engaging rather than ground-breaking observation of teenage life but it also reminds us of the internecine way we all looked out for each other (ostensibly) as our bodies started their adult and sexual phases. His character is also well supported by savvy little sister "Madeline" (Allison Forster) and there's a even a bit part for Scots comedy legend Chic Murray. It's a bit dated, but the principles still apply and it's an easy ninety minutes that makes you cringe in all the right places.

The film is a cute romantic coming of age story about a teenager called Gregory. Not much happens in the course of this film, it doesn't really have a plot, yet again almost everything about this film, from those weird haircuts to characters with thick Scottish accent is pleasant and charming. There are some memorable lines in this film and I found myself connecting with pretty much every characer, even those two dudes on a crusade to find girlfriends. As far as coming of age movies goes, this one felt kind of unique.

A lot of so called comedies get one or two big laughs in the whole film, often by reaching down for a reference to one or another substance that comes from the human body. Gregory's Girl makes me laugh every few seconds, and the only mention of a bodily excretion I can remember is Andy's "chat up line" in the school cafeteria: "Did you know that when you sneeze, it comes out of your nose at a 100 miles an hour?" Even though I thought I knew all the funny bits after seeing it so many times, each viewing finds me laughing at things I hadn't noticed before, as well as at all the other bits that never seem to grow stale.

There's the occasional Pythonesque line, as the football coach's description of the "two basic skills" of a goal scorer: "Ball control, shooting accuracy, and the ability to read the game." But Forsyth the writer creates a constant stream of little gems that are very much his own style of wry humour, taking real life and stretching it just that little bit further, but not so far that it's no longer recognisable. He's got teenage life down perfectly. Girls talk, plan, and seem to know what they want. Guys are clueless. Guys are obsessed by numbers. But girls know all the best ones.

It's fun to see how comic setups and situations from Gregory's Girl come back in Forsyth's Local Hero ("everyone's second favourite film", as Mark Kermode put it), deeper and more fully developed.

Despite the dated fashions and soundtrack, highly recommended.

A tomboy joins the boys' soccer team at a Scottish school, awakening amorous feelings in a gawky boy on the team. It's a pleasant comedy featuring quirky characters and some amusing scenes. The humor is very low key, perhaps too much so, eliciting little more than an occasional chuckle. There is hardly any plot, with the emphasis being on the interaction among the characters. Lacking an interesting story and funny scenes, the film just seems to run out of steam and begins to drag somewhat about half way through. Sinclair is likable as the nerdy hero. This unassuming film marked the first success for writer-director Forsyth.

Quite simply, one of the best British movies ever made, in fact one of the best movies, period. I watch it about three times a year and never tire of it. A film that is up there with the classic Ealing comedies and has every right to be classed alongside the best. John Gordon Sinclair exudes a gawky, gangling charm as the lovesick Gregory and the rest of the cast are perfect.Jake D'Arcy is wonderful as Phil Menzies, the ambitious sports master, the brilliant Chick Murray is the pompous headteacher, Dee Hepburn is Dorothy, the confident, dedicated new member of the soccer team, Gregory is besotted with her. Clare Grogan of Altered Images is Susan, who along with Carol and Margo conspires to make it an evening that Gregory will never forget. Who's going to be Gregory's Girl? Is it any of them, or is it his kid sister Madeline, 10-going-on-20 years old and his mentor. Special mention goes to Rob Buchanan and Graham Thompson as Gregory's mates Andy and Charlie, who feel that life is passing them by and resolve to get girlfriends. Charlie only has one line, right at the end of the film, but it remains my fave line. If you haven't seen Gregory's Girl, quite simply, you are inadequate!

This is it, it's Gregory's Girl. Don't look up reviews just buy it watch it and enjoy it. It's Napolean Dynamite 25 years before Napolean Dynamite. It's charming, naive, funny with a capital F and is a slice of early 1980's life worth revisiting again and again. If you've never seen it then stop everything and go to ebay or amazon and get buying. You may get hit with a bus and never get to see this film if you leave it any longer, so go now, stop everything and enjoy Gregory's Girl. Notable performances from all but watch out for John Gordon Sinclair who plays the Gregory, David Anderson playing his dad and Rab Buchanan as his friend. Scattered gems of performances from many many others such as Alex Norton and Chic Murray. It's in my "top 5 movies ever made" category for sure.

When first released Gregory's Girl was shown on a double bill with Chariots of Fire, another film which I've reviewed. I also think, due to the time it came out, the early 1980s when cinema seemed to be a dying art form, this led to it being a bit over-rated but it's definitely not a bad film. It's a comedy but not a laugh out loud comedy, in fact the humour is very gentle. One might also say it's a feminist movie. Dorothy is battling sexism to be up there with the guys, the girls are portrayed as smart and sorted out and the guys are portrayed as nerdy and awkward. In some ways now it looks almost as dated as an Ealing comedy. All the guys are having a bad hair day and the film is from an era when there was no internet and there were no mobile phones. The architecture that forms the backdrop is very cold and unwelcoming and some of the film takes place in Cumbernauld Town Centre, which has been officially named as the worst piece of architecture in Europe. Nowadays no guy would ever dress for a first date the way Gregory does. Times have changed a lot since this was made. If workmen wolf-whistled at schoolgirls nowadays they'd run the risk of being arrested! Gregory's Girl shows that a good film can be made on a microscopic budget. But, as I said, because the film industry was in decline when it was made, this led to it being a bit overrated. Also, in those days if you were born in Scotland, female and of school age and you had talent in some area you became Scotland's Darling! This happened to Dee Hepburn just as it happened a few years earlier to Lena Zavaroni. Dee's role in the film is surprisingly not as big as one might expect. But she was hyped a bit out of proportion and depicted in the papers as a beautiful young woman with the world at her feet. She wasn't really that great an actress despite winning a Variety Club Award and her acting career faltered a few years later and she became a sales rep. I just hope though she doesn't realise it was me who wrote this comment, though. I once had a fleeting chance encounter with her and she's a very nice person. But, although Gregory's Girl is good, I prefer to remain in the 21st Century with regard to films about footballing females and Bend It Like Beckham is much much better.

A far too mild but still relatively pleasant Scottish comedy with pertinent ideas about teenage delusions and illusions concerning the concept of love, the film does not really go anywhere though, and there is not too much about the production that is really exceptional. Allison Forster is fairly good as the main character's younger but yet more down-to-earth sister, and there are some things that are interesting about the film, such as the lack of parent figures. However, it is just missing oomph - something special - to raise it above the norm, and the thick Scottish accents that are hard to hear are no real help.

Back in the eighties when my family first purchased a (Betamax!) video recorder, I watched this all the time. There's just something about the combination of youngster actors who obviously hadn't come from the usual stage schools, the lines from minor characters that you almost miss the first few times (the school reporter - 'I want to interview you and that girl in 4A who had the triplets' - and so many more!) and just the general surrealism (the penguin wandering around the school must surely have influenced the writers of 'Teachers'?) There's a wealth of bizarre characters, both pupils and staff, and for someone who was 13 when it came out, it will never fail to take me back to those awkward teenage crushes and raise a smile. Well, several smiles actually.

I must have watched Gregory's Girl when it was shown as a double feature with Chariots of Fire.

The thinking must have been with the distributors that both movies were about sports.

Well Gregory's Girl is about Dorothy (Dee Hepburn) a pretty teenager who wins a place at her high school football team.

The coach felt that the team needed a shake up after their losing streak but a female forward was not in the forefront of his mind.

Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) the gawky lanky goalie immediately gets the hots for Dorothy.

Gregory and his mates have all reached that awkward age. Teenage boys obsessed with sex and have no girlfriends. Two of them persuade themselves to go to Caracas on the basis that the women outnumber the men.

For Gregory who summons up the courage to ask Dorothy out for a date. He discovers that someone close to him reallys wants to be his girl.

The word charming was the overused term that describes Bill Forsyth's Scottish movie about teenagers looking for love. It benefitted from sweet naturalistic performances from its young cast.

It had a quirky tinge, like the boy in a penguin suit wandering about the school. It was ahead of its time regarding female footballers.

It struck a chord with incompetent spotty teenagers who get blanked by pretty girls.

Gregory's Girl is an endearing movie with a slight story aimed at British teenagers.

Bill Forsyth's second film was this break-out teen comedy set in and around the new town of Cumbernauld outside Glasgow. Unassuming in almost every way in its use of its inexperienced, mostly youthful cast, many of whom were present in his debut feature "That Sinking Feeling", actual location-shooting and rather unfortunately an absolutely dreadful "workshop"- type soundtrack which puts years on it, whilst it has its failings, it wins through with its mixture of innocence, enthusiasm and charm.

John Gordon Sinclair is the gangly, gormless secondary schoolboy of the title, who plays, hopelessly, for the struggling school team as a striker. They need a goalscorer so the teacher who takes the team advertises for new players, only to be surprised when the pretty Dee Hepburn turns up for the trial. Naturally she dazzles, instantly demoting Gregory to goalkeeper, the lowest of the low, not that he cares, as he's fallen for her harder than a simulating centre forward looking for a penalty in the box.

However, it's the new hotshot Hepburn who takes her eye off the ball while, up the other end, a brilliant three-girl-move eventually sets Gregory up for a gilt-edged opportunity with playmaker Susan, future Altered Images pop star, Claire Grogan.

There are some amusing background scenes involving two of Gregory's girl-hungry chums who end up trying to hitch-hike to Caracus (sic), his younger ten-going-on-twenty-one-year-old sister, giving him tips on romance and just what is it with that man-sized penguin popping up everywhere. And of course, Forsyth was very forward-thinking gjven the latter-day rise in women's football.

It's not perfect, some of the acting, unsurprisingly given their inexperience, seems gauche and robotic at times, some of the male outlook towards girls, seen from today, can seem sexist and even creepy at times, especially the voyeuristic scene at the beginning and sorry, one more time, there's that godawful soundtrack to contend with. Elsewhere though there are charming little scenes as we see Gordon taking Italian lessons, let in a bazillion goals to impress Dorothy and finally his dancing-on-Earth encounter with Susan.

Personally, I found "That Sinking Feeling" to be the funnier, more relatable and more realistic feature compared to "Gregory's Girl", but for all its faults, remains amusing as well as providing a valuable time-capsule-like insight into teenage lifestyles of the time.

TCM aired Gregory's Girl this week and I taped and just watched it. I recalled that the Brits on IMDb had recommended it, and that it's in the top 30 of BFI's 100 Best British Films. But I didn't know it would be this great or that I would love it this much! It's so charming, refreshing, original and unpredictable and non-formulaic. And so non-commercial and non-cheesy and non-pandering (unlike some elements of John Hughes). Plus it's a coming-of-age rom-com for ADULTS rather than for teens.

Such a wonderful script and characters, and an excellent cast starting with the likes of John Gordon Sinclair (Gregory), Allison Forster (Madeline), and Clare Grogan (Susan). Magic can happen when an extremely low-budget film in good hands combines local non-actors or novices with a superb script, brilliant directing, and a lot of passion. This seems to happen with several British films: Kes, The Full Monty, Billy Eliot, etc. In these sorts of films we also get authentic and undiluted local flavor -- flavor which is homogenized out of most Hollywood fare.

Do check it out, especially if you are an American!

OK. I've seen this film about 20 times, and I think I may watch it at least 20 more. Why? You may ask. Well, how about the best movie ever?. Yes, it is a comedy, and yes it is very innocent, but if you have ever been in love or at least you think you have, I'm sure you will enjoy it.

I saw this movie on one of those late night showings and having nothing better to do I kept watching. From the beginning I was hooked, I just couldn't stop watching. Somehow It reminded me of my teenage years and how deeply you could fall in love.

This film show us that, for a movie to be really good, a large budget is not necessary, not even a bunch of stars (at the time they were pretty unknown, I think), just a great filmmaker and something important to tell, 'That's that. No eggs, no strudel. Nothing'.

I love this movie.Its my fav movie of all time ,Everytime i watch it its like meeting an old friend again.It is so rich with subtle humour and possibly every scene makes me chuckle.the teenage anguish is never over played and ever actor in the film has never surpassed there performances in this movie

growing up in Scotland myself i still don't feel that the movie is regional and anyone who is able to see it please do so .The clothes are dated but the humour is still spot on.

This film is a Scottish gem and should be given more praise.I just cant fault it.If i had to cut my DVD collection down to two gregorys girl and this is spinal tap would be my only choices.

British film 'Gregory's Girl' is about the innocent world of young people who learn about different ways of the world uniquely from their own ingenuous perspective. The film is set in a small Glasgow school where everybody knows each other. It is a challenging sphere where one might become fascinated with sex but true love is what everybody seems to be searching. Some are able to get a taste of love whereas some have to wait a little longer or are even forced to make plans to go as far as Caracas to find love. In this Bill Forsyth film, the main focus is on the game of football as the film revolves around this energetic sport where even a girl gets all opportunities to be hailed as a great football player. Suspense is maintained throughout the film as nobody can guess who is going to end up as 'Gregory's Girl' till the end of the film.

I remember going to the cinema to watch 'Grease',while 'Gregorys Girl 'was the support. What an anti climax when 'grease' came on while my mind kept flashing back to the wonderful ,previous film i had watched before.

Must of watched the film a million and nine times since and never tire from watching what was the sweetest ,funniest and atmospheric film with the greatest soundtrack ever. I loved the end to the film and whenever i had a date with a girl in the eighties and nineties my mind would flashback to a certain clock tower, a white jacket (without the stain),a beret,whistling, horizontal dancing and kissing with numbers.Unfortunately my dates would never hit the heights of Gregorys date but if i was fortunate to get the girl home then without fail the Gregorys video would be shown to what would normally work in my favour. Bella Bella !