Pretty but pretentious

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 1999)

Well made, good looking, but highly romanticised, suspiciously clean and historically suspect account of the famous Scotch hero. The non-stop music is tedious and intrusive; even in the Hollywoodised Highlands they don't go around accompanied by string orchestras. It never seems to make up its mind what it wants to be, pseudo-history, action drama or love story. Carefully positioned to breed a spin-off TV series!