Slight in nature, soft in humor, "Whisky Galore" is full of fine performances of actors who went on to greater fame.

| Nov 30, 2020

This criminal comedy, directed by Alexander Mackendrick and produced by Ealing Studios, seems to me somewhat silly and insipid, but I immediately recognize an interesting subject which I identify with. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 19, 2020

In a sense, Whisky Galore! is one of the earliest examples of the British "village movie," those charming little films where citizens of a small, picturesque hamlet band together to do something endearingly scandalous.

| Mar 25, 2020

Often uproarious.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 14, 2020

There's plenty of slapstick in Whisky Galore, but even more appealing is the exquisite current of social satire coursing through the film's narrative.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2018

[A] convivial little classic.

| Apr 7, 2016

One of three Ealing comedies released in 1949 (the others were Passport to Pimlico and Kind Hearts and Coronets), and remains by far the sharpest, freshest and most resonant.

| Dec 27, 2014

A colourful contribution to the current debate on the future of Scotland.

| Jul 31, 2011

Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Catherine Lacey and Gordon Jackson are among the players who got fed up with drinking cold tea and pretending it was the hard stuff.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2011

A classic tale of gentle anti-authoritarianism.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2011

Beguiling, subversive and a complete joy.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 28, 2011

Adapted by Compton Mackenzie and Angus MacPhail from Mackenzie's own novel, Alexander Mackendrick's sublime film is one of the jewels in the Ealing crown.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 28, 2011

A whimsical tale of Celtic self-reliance vs English stuffiness, this wee comedy dram warms the heart as surely as a blended malt.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 27, 2011

In the finest Ealing tradition of circumventing authority while satirically poking holes in it, the thirsty Scotsmen outwit the Home Guard and get their hands on the much-desired cargo.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Out of this excellent idea, which less skilled hands might have reduced to farce, the British moviemakers have spun a tight little comedy of pure gold.

| Apr 4, 2011

The film hangs on a superb sense of community -- both in the story and in its making.

| Apr 4, 2011

Sharp and snappy Ealing comedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2011

It was filmed entirely on the island of Barra, and has been produced and directed with a refreshing sense of comedy and an understanding of Anglo-Scots relationships.

| Apr 4, 2011

Mackendrick's already evident feeling for mordant human clashes ruptures the studio's coziness

| Sep 25, 2009

Basil Radford gives a flawless performance.

| Jul 22, 2008