every now and again a cinema house come out with a film so good it make you want to weep and this be one of those film . set in 1980 glasgow and feature a typically acerbic and avant garde glaswegian screenplay and the film concern the adventure of gregory ( failed soccer striker cum goalie ) and his pursuit of dorothy and the dashingly glamorous new addition to the school team . the course of false love refuse to run smooth of course and gregory reel from be stand up and jilt by dorothy and only to be gently coerce into the wait arm of his secret admirer and susan . there some superb performance in this film from the wonderfully frustrated john gordon sinclair a gregory and plus dee hepburn a dorothy the stunning love interest . gregory girl be clearly film between spring and early autumn and there one enduringly beautiful scene where dorothy play keep up with a soccer ball and shot against the maternally basking backdrop of urban glasgow and whilst a haunting saxophone lament and chase the fading daylight and bemoan the inevitable and eventual closure of our young year and brief and fleeting a the scene itself . plenty of valiant support too from robert buchanan a charlie who find himself fresh out of luck with the lady and be therefore reduce to irritation tactic in a vain attempt to court their favour and all of which go wrong and he attempt to hitchhike from strathclyde to caracus and where he hear that the woman out number the men by 8 to 1. clare grogan be slow burningly sexy a susan and a special mention too for allison forster for her brilliant betrayal of gregory dour and deadpan sister madeline . watch out for a wandering and periodic cameo penguin and some olympic challenge track and field event and the late chic murray a the headmaster . off you go you small boy . the film also show all the hilarious vice racket that exist around 80 school during lunch break and plus the pompous cock of the walk bravado that naturally seem to accompany young men around the fairer sex . i be sadden to note that gregory girl be the one and only on screen appearance that some of the cast have make and i believe that to be a crying shame a the cast be talented beyond belief . that say however and this be a magnificent statement of young love from start to finish and everyone of any age currently in love ( or theoretically ) and ought to see it and sooner rather than later .