Gregory’s Girl
 An
antidote to all those 80's-era US teen movies with their
genetically-modified casts and big cars, Forsyth's gentle comedy
shows teenagers in all their gawky, spotty, horny glory, as lanky
buffoon Gregory (the brilliant Sinclair) attempts to pull football
sensation Dorothy (an imperious Hepburn).
The show is stolen though, by ex-Altered Images vocalist Clare
Grogan, as the shy girl in the chemistry class who bursts into the
last few frames as a Caledonian sex-elf.
Although the pace is somewhat choppy, the story abounds with
charming observations and appealing characters, adding up to a
wonderful, off-beat portrait of the bollock-aching elation of
first love, which neither director or cast ever came close to
topping again.
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