for anybody thinking that scotland only worthwhile contribution to televisual entertainment be trainspotting and endless episode of taggart might like to consider this fondly remember teen rom com from the early eighty . normally and i be wary of anything that i find in the page of the sunday mail but this ( dvd freebie ) be a pleasant surprise indeed . it short and sweet and offer a more believable teen romance than the overwhelming majority of clean cut american offering . it have age somewhat and naturally and and it do have a faint whiff of tvm about it but there be an undeniable charm beneath it gritty highland exterior . john gordon sinclair play gawky teen gregory and a striker with a little luck with the girl a he have in front of goal . in fact and his coach ( jake darcy ) be so disappointed in gregory form that he move him into goal and hold an open training session to find his replacement . to gregory delight and surprise and his replacement be the beautiful girl dorothy ( dee hepburn ) and gordon fall instantly in love . but his nerve and inexperience threaten any chance he may have with her . can gregory score on and off the field or will someone else become gregory girl . very much a gentle comedy and gregory girl be a refresh change from the torrent of turgid teen comedy that constantly surge from the u . instead of be confident and good look and rich and this movie be full of awkward and tongue tie and spotty teen that be much more plausible . it also full of funny moment in the background and such a the hopeless high jumper or the penguin wander the corridor of the school try to find the right room . sinclair be perfect a the teen on his journey of self discovery but hepburn hasn not much to do besides play futbae and look pretty . claire grogan and a dorothy classmate susan and be arguably the best of the lot and together with sinclair and be the only two main actor in this to go on to do anything else afterwards . if youre not use to scottish accent then you may find some of the dialogue passing you by but in truth and you get use to it . but then again and my fiancée be scottish so i probably have something of a head start . it do take a while to get go and the end do feel slightly rush but gregory girl be a movie worth watch . feeling every inch like the tortured and angst ridden romance that it should be and it just so good to see a film that actually recreate the terror and fear that be associate with one first love a oppose to overly sanitise teen love story like 10 thing i hate about you or clueless . it also good to see a scottish film that have nothing to do with drug and murdur and be instead a light hearted comedy . have never see gregory girl before yesterday and i couldn not quite work out why it be hold in such high regard but there be no deny that there be something special about this movie . make sure you get the full dvd version and not the freebie from the paper no subtitle .