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I cannot believe I have never heard or seen this movie. I was getting married in 1986 and I guess this just passed me by! Tonight for the first time, I am watching this movie on TV with my nine year old. He loves it! I on the other hand am feigning interest while I'm amazed and entertained by the bad acting, tacky costumes cheap wooden toys and really bad sets!

My 9 year old LOVES the whole thing. The weird little beat up cars and leftover stuff they must of used from a closed amusement park. This looks like a episode of Puff N Stuff on a lower budget. I can certainly see how all the people who truly love this movie must of loved it when it first came out. Lets just say, if I didn't have a 9 year old, I would of clicked right by. :)

Amazing cast. The acting was great. I thought the movie was too long. Almost 3 hours... ( well that includes previews, so not quite that long) I don't usually go to see "gangster, mafia type" movies, because of the violence, but the reviews were so good, and I like movies with lots of twists. Heavy swearing and tons of bloody stuff with some real gore. I loved Leonardo DiCaprio in this, he was excellent. The "girlfriend" situation could of been so much more, and I was disappointed the way that turned out.

Can't say much else without giving things away, and I don't want to to do that. I will say, it wasn't the ending the I guessed.

I watched this on the BBC channel here in the states, and I was utterly enchanted. I have been to Scotland, and I felt like they captured that feeling really well. I just recently discovered the actress I loved, Sharon Small, is the lead in the mystery series, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. So I'm quite happy to watch her in all those! I thought they cast the entire thing wonderfully. I wanted to see more of these people and their lives.

I was very sad when this ended and I went online and discovered they had no plan to continue the series. I will buy it if it ever comes out on DVD.