Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Robert J. Maxwell Geordie grows up from a stunted weakling into a braw man with shoulders on him like an ox and a set of regional allegiances to match. He's no long Wee Geordie. He's Geordie who excels at the kind of Scottish sports that require great skill and delicacy, like throwing a hammer and tossing a telephone pole around.He's a quiet guy though, not a braggart or a competitor. He has a loving mother who urges him to stay strong by eating his oatmeal, er, porridge. He has a cute girl friend too, who inspires him to compete without ever really trying to. Alistair Sim in the Laird on whose land Geordie is the happy gamekeeper.A couple of English sports promoters or impresarios or whatever they're called learn of Geordie's skill at the hammer throw and the community swells with pride as the lad is whisked off to Australia to compete in the Olympics. As in "Chariots of Fire", there's a spot of trouble over a principle: Geordie's wearing his father's kilt during the event. There's also a brief misunderstanding concerning a blond female Danish shot putter who finds Geordie attractive and is not afraid of demonstrating her affection in public. All the troubles and contretemps are quickly taken care of.It's a charming story. The people of Geordie's lands are human and friendly in their reserved way, only I wish they hadn't made that crack about its being necessary for Geordie to win the prize back from those cops from Glasgow, that having been my Grand Dad's profession. The photography of the glens and lochs is sumptuous. A Kelpie could be hidden behind the ferns and gorse. Scotland has never looked quite so pretty. Geordie's family's humble stone cottage is painted a pleasing egg shell white. And the local folk in their multilayered tweeds look entirely comfortable in the clear and chilly wind.The film has its weak moments. The first half, with Geordie and his neighbors frolicking in the glens and on the bens is extremely engaging. The second half, dealing with the Olympics, rather drags. Geordie is losing at the hammer throw but at the last moment he has an epiphany. He imagines that he is not in Australia at all but back in the highlands and his girl is whistling encouragement to him from a nearby hill. POW -- the Olympic record is broken, and Rocky gets up from the canvas and floors his obnoxious opponent.But in the end, it's one of those movies that you watch in delight and, when it's over, wistfully wonder what it would be like to live in Geordie's world, unbothered by Twitters and Tweets.

darthbru61 *** THIS COMMENT MAY CONTAIN A SPOILER*** this film is one of the best I have seen from that era in fact from a lot of era's . the tale of a wee skinny Scots lad growing up to represent us in the Olympics in the hammer throwing is fantastic , its a movie all the family can enjoy from wee skinny Scots lads to strapping men from all over the globe , nobody can fail to love it . Its got the lot , sadness , happiness and even romance for the girls with a little touch of excitement ( the car scene ). I only wish it was out on DVD , so whoever is in charge of making old films into DVD's get your finger out it is a must for everyones collection , it will get a new audience loving it as much as us older folks . Either that or re release it in the movie matinée

justaskkus saw this movie as a child in scotland and loved it. it popped up on tv a few years ago and i taped it but the quality was not great. if it ever came available as a vhs or dvd i would buy it in a heartbeat. a simpler time told in a simpler way. "come away ma wee geordie" was a classic line that reverberated in my head ...nostalgia...

remcinnis I agree with other comments that this needs to be brought back in VHS. It is a good movie that the whole family can enjoy. It has many memorable scenes. My favorite is when Geordie and some other Olympic atheletes lift a car off a person trapped under it. Any kid that has flipped through a comic and seen a Charles Atlas ad for body building will instantly connect with "Wee Geodie".