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Plot. Set in Glasgow, the film centres around 50-year-old Barney Thomson, who works at Henderson's Barbers in Bridgeton and lives a life of desperate mediocrity. Barney's uninteresting life is turned upside down when he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of a serial killer after accidentally killing his boss Wullie.
- The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson, by Douglas Lindsay
- $1,329,376
Jul 24, 2015 · With Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay. Barney Thomson (Robert Carlyle), awkward, diffident, Glasgow, Scotland barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
- (6.4K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Robert Carlyle
- 2015-07-24
Mar 11, 2016 · A London detective (Ray Winstone) believes a socially awkward barber (Robert Carlyle) may be behind a series of murders in Glasgow, Scotland.
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- Robert Carlyle
- Robert Carlyle
- Telefilm Canada
Jul 23, 2015 · The Legend of Barney Thomson review – chaotically brutal comedy noir. Ray Winstone stars in Robert Carlyle’s capable directorial debut that has some smart touches and a scene-stealing Emma...
- 1 min
- Peter Bradshaw
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Jun 17, 2015 · Robert Carlyle directs and stars in The Legend of Barney Thomson. Photograph: Graeme Hunter Pictures. First look review Edinburgh film festival 2015. This article is more than 8 years...