The Wee Man (2013)

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I must say, having lived in the East end of Glasgow all my life and not far from the films setting in Blackhill, I thought the accents were hilarious. I must admit, I quite like the actors - Martin Compston is a decent actor and so too is John Hannah. Regardless, some of my family still live in Provanmill/Blackhill, and I couldn't stop laughing at the accents! I mean, the guy that plays, is it Arthur Thomson. Didn't he have an Irish accent? Maybe they should have just kept with the good old Glaswegian accent and just subtitled it; like they normally do when English TV crews come here and interview Glaswegians for some documentary. That would have kept the authenticity perhaps. Nonetheless, is it a good film? It is a worth a watch if you are not Glaswegian, I think. For Glaswegians, especially for those of us who live in the East end, it borders on hilarity and not because of the content.The film deals with serious issues. It is just because the accents are so soft and out of context. And I know that they had to soften it for the purposes of a wider audience,but come on, no one in the east end of Glasgow speaks like that.

What a terrific crime movie this one and not in the line of so many other films that we see since nearly twenty years now, such as the Guy Ritchie's features: SNATCH and so many GOOD FELLAS look like movies, with plenty of humour. No, I would say that I was happily surprised by this brutal and very old vintage crime flick, as I crave for, especially from UK. Yes folks, an old vintage, that's the best word to describe it. The characters study and description is flawless, even if the criminal schemes code is rather foreseeable, but I don't care at all. I highly prefer this rise and fall topic to the todays productions, so complicated, so sophisticated. Those films which all look the same. I had the feeling to watch a movie from the seventies or the eighties. I thought of GET CARTER, for instance, or the KRAYS story.I will look for some other good UK crime stuff in the future.

As a Glaswegian I had high hopes for this film but was left bitterly disappointed. The acting and direction of the film was pretty poor throughout. Arthur Thompson sounds Irish through the whole film, probably because he was played by an Irish actor, which leaves you asking, why cast an Irish actor that can't do a Scottish accent as Glasgow's godfather? A lot of the other actors attempts at Glaswegian accents were awful as well. I understand we have a distinct way of talking which is not only hard to portray but hard for others to understand, but that takes the authenticity out of the film. Parts of the film are cheesy and I was left cringing at times, especially the parts about the child ferris. Mostly I was just disappointed because it's such great story and the film just doesn't do it justice. I would love to see a high budget remake with better actors. I genuinely think if that was made it would be gangster classic.

A stunning film! My mum thought it was better than the original God Father, I don't know about that but I thought Martin Compston and John Hannah's performances were powerful. They was not allowed to film in Glasgow and were forced to shoot in London which was a shame but I think it come across OK. It was slated by the critics, surprise surprise, but went on to take number 2 box office average first week under Les Miss not bad for a film shot on a shoe string. All in all it is another British film and a bit of support wouldn't go a miss folks.I went out and bought 10 DVD's and gave them to my friends... I suppose I would though being the director! Ray xxx