From the Sight and Sound archive
“Offers more hope than any other British film of the 1980s so far”: Local Hero reviewed in 1983
As a new 35mm print of Local Hero plays at the BFI Film on Film Festival, we revisit our review of Bill Forsyth’s Ealing-esque comedy from our Spring 1983 issue.
By Nick Roddick
“Offers more hope than any other British film of the 1980s so far”: Local Hero reviewed in 1983