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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Peter Bradshaw

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford review – Peter Mullan gives weight to quirky Scottish dramedy

A powder keg of emotion … Mullan in The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford.
A powder keg of emotion … Mullan in The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford. Photograph: Saskia Coulson

Peter Mullan brings his formidable presence to this quirky dramedy from first-time feature director Sean Robert Dunn: he is angry and weary, disillusioned but kind-hearted, someone who got his feelings hurt a long time ago … but wouldn’t dream of making a fuss about it.

It’s Mullan who gives weight and flavour to a film that might otherwise be a bit watery and unsure quite how sharp a sting it wants to deliver.

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