Gregory's Girl
- 1981 film
Love is a game of two halves in this endearing eighties tale of an adolescent crush. Stars John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Clare Grogan, Jake D'Arcy, Chic Murray and more.
Streaming rank this week: 6,544
Press clippings
Blu-ray: Gregory's Girl
Bill Forsyth's peerless romantic comedy returns.
Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk, 26th September 2023Being Gregory: Origins of Scottish comedy classic explored in new book
Tim Blanchard's new book, Being Gregory, features new interviews with its stars, many of whom were plucked from obscurity after attending Glasgow Youth Theatre classes.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 4th June 2023Memories of Gregory's Girl in Cumbernauld 40 years on
The year is 1981. The venue is the County Cinema in Cumbernauld. In the packed, subterraneous picture house, which hunkered in the concrete depths of the town centre's morose and sprawling shopping arcade alongside its sister bingo hall, my 12-year-old self and her pals clutch their sweaty bags of kola kubes in eager anticipation of a newly released film. But this was no ordinary movie. Gregory's Girl was set in our hometown.
Roxanne Sorooshian, The National (Scotland), 25th April 2021Gregory's Girl: 'The affection for it overwhelms me'
Hardly a day goes by without somebody asking Clare Grogan to quote a line from Gregory's Girl, the teenage romantic comedy set in a Scottish new town which became an unlikely hit when it was released 40 years ago this week.
Steven Brocklehurst, BBC, 24th April 2021Gregory's Girl 40th anniversary
As we mark the 40-year anniversary of the Cumbernauld cinematic sensation, I look at how I fell in love with the awkward, clumsy Gregory in a modern world where boys take themselves far too seriously, writes Hannah Brown.
Hannah Gordon, The Scotsman, 23rd April 2021Gregory's Girl - 35 years on
A salute to 1981's Gregory's Girl, starring John Gordon Sinclair and Claire Grogan...
Andrew Blair, Den Of Geek, 11th May 2016Re-Viewed: Gregory's Girl
Without giving too much away, the film offers some genuine surprises, especially when it comes to Gregory's love life.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 5th May 2014Gregory's Girl: Lead actors go back to school
It was the movie that changed the Scottish film industry and made stars of its two unknown leads. In a BBC Scotland documentary John Gordon Sinclair and Clare Grogan go back to the school in Cumbernauld where Gregory's Girl was filmed.
Steven Brocklehurst, BBC News, 11th December 2012Gregory's Girl school may close under council plans
A Cumbernauld secondary school, famous for its role in the cult Scottish film Gregory's Girl, could be demolished under council plans.
The Scotsman, 19th September 2012Gregory Underwood (John Gordon Sinclair), a gawky teenager, is infatuated with Dorothy (Dee Hepburn), the new girl at school, and delighted when she joins him in the football team. Unfortunately, she turns out to be a better player than he is. (Well, he is Scottish.) This quirky, engaging romcom follows his hapless efforts to impress her.
The Telegraph, 17th September 2009