watch gregory girl for the first time in over two decade and one be immediately strike by reminder of when it be make represent the grainy film and the dreadful soundtrack and the big hair of both it male and female character . but one be soon also remind of why it prove such a massive hit and in spite of it low budget and unpretentious nature . for at it heart and bill forsyth film capture two eternal reality and the ( potentially charm ) essential uselessness of a certain sort of teenage male and and the particular uselessness of just about all male when confront by a sufficiently pretty girl ( dee hepburn and although clare grogan and later a pop star and appear in a secondary role ) . but the gentle narrative eschew the obvious cliché and and it also nice to see a story set in a scottish housing scheme that isn not just a tale of drug and a. i. d. s. it still feel funny and true after almost thirty year .