Proud to be Scottish

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 1998)

As a Scot, I could only dread what a diminutive, Australian, action movie star would do to a story about arguably the greatest Scotsman who ever lived. Fortunately, Mr Gibson showed me a thing or two about film-making and in the process made one of the finest movies I've ever seen. People can argue about the facts of the story and the parts played by the names in the history of Scotland. What cannot be argued is that Mel Gibson turned in an heroic performance as William Wallace, and his direction helped tell the story with equal parts heart and guts. I have never been more proud to be Scottish than when I left the cinema on the night I saw Braveheart. That is the highest praise I can give Mel Gibson.