A family of five heads to Granddad's big 75th-birthday party at an uncle's estate in rural Scotland. The parents are separated and hope their three kids won't mention it. The kids love, can ... Read allA family of five heads to Granddad's big 75th-birthday party at an uncle's estate in rural Scotland. The parents are separated and hope their three kids won't mention it. The kids love, can talk with, and would do anything for Granddad.A family of five heads to Granddad's big 75th-birthday party at an uncle's estate in rural Scotland. The parents are separated and hope their three kids won't mention it. The kids love, can talk with, and would do anything for Granddad.
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The performance was amazing especially the three kids, and the smart script makes you laugh at so many times despite the tragic story.
The movie shows beautiful visuals of green Scotland, and the Scottish music was great.
It is recommended for you if you wanted to watch something light and funny.
Good look at family dynamics and relationships. Connolly plays a wonderful loving Grandfather who shows wise approach to difficult members of his family as he comes face to face with his own death.
Did you know
- TriviaSir Billy Connolly was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and early prostate cancer shortly before he was due to start work on this movie, but went ahead without mentioning his condition to anybody.
- GoofsGordy McLeod shows a photo of him on his 30th birthday in Northern Rhodesia. If his 75th birthday was in 2014 then his 30th birthday would have been in 1969, five years after Northern Rhodesia ceased to exist. It became the country of Zambia on 24 Oct 1964.
- Quotes
Gordy McLeod: The truth is, every human being on this planet is ridiculous in their own way. So we shouldn't judge, we shouldn't fight, because in the end... in the end, none of it matters. None of the stuff.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Projector: The Rewrite/What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
- SoundtracksThe Vikings Suite - Funeral/Finale
Performed by The The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paul Bateman, Crouch End Festival Chorus, David Temple (Choir Conductor)
Courtesy of Silva Screen Records Ltd
Composed by Mario Nascimbene
Published by Primary Wave Tunes/EMI Music Publishing
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- £3,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $10,714,112
- Runtime
- 1h 35m(95 min)
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- 1.78 : 1