i first learn of this film back in the early 1980 and while watch an episode of the siskel and ebert movie review show on pb . one of them ( i can not remember which ) favorably review it a one their undiscovered gem . miraculously and it appear on hbo a few week later . my wife and i both thought and what a charming movie . i do not realize until much late that it have be re dub with soft scot accent for american audience . i just think the dialog be a bit stilted due to colloquial speech . for me and this just add to the charm . gordon john sinclair performance a gregory be a classic . the anguish displayed on his face when he finally garner enough courage to ask dorothy ( dee hepburn ) for a date and just a she enter the shower room be pure and teen age angst . any man or boy and who have experience the same dilemma and anywhere in the world and can empathize superbly with gregory . even well be his feigned indifference when he realize dorothy stand him up and while wait beneath the huge clock at the union . dee hepburn performance a dorothy display the same infuriating ambivalence any boy have experience when ask out a girl and he truly know be indifferent to him . perhaps the best performance be that of the script and with the subtle clue and throw in by director bill forsyth and a to who really be gregory girl . the viewer be not even sure at first and who madeline ( gregory sister ) be . the knowing glance steal by susan ( clair grogan ) and her furtive and clandestine conversation with dorothy begin to tell the tale . the support performance by robert buchanan a gregory best friend andy and almost steal the show . i always remember his classic line represent nine loss in a row and what do they do . sack the goalie and put girl on the forward line . in his scottish brogue girl come out a a roll gare ell . great stuff . perhaps the best scene in the entire movie be gregory and susan gravity defy dance in the park near the end . what imagination and how utterly and typically and and wonderfully adolescent . i almost wish i be a teen ager again .