Shallow Grave
In the film, three self-involved Edinburgh roommates, played by Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, and Ewan McGregor. When he dies of an overdose, he leaves a suitcase full of money. So the trio embark on a series of very bad decisions, with extraordinarily grim consequences for all.
16 February 1964, Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
8 June 1972, Dumbarton, Scotland, UK
2 November 1959, Peterhead, Scotland, UK
13 December 1969, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1949, Cupar, Scotland, UK
30 July 1966, Wellington, New Zealand
31 March 1971, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
1958, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
1964, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2 September 1953, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
1959, Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
27 August 1929, Elgin, Inverness Shire, Scotland, UK
1955, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
July 20, 2012
"Shallow Grave" is a story that goes from bad to worse to nasty during its duration. The performances are solid as you can never get a clear read on anyone's motives right until it's about to be revealed. One of the most solid debuts anyone could ask for.
January 01, 2000
The three ... especially Fox--do well.
January 01, 2000
Boyle's cool manner and the performances ultimately ratchet Shallow Grave past the ranks of standard thriller fare.
June 22, 2012
While it is not a great film, it is a good first film, amply demonstrating Boyle's catchy visual flair and rat-a-tat sense of tempo, as well as Hodge's ear for dialogue and intuitive sense of character dynamics
November 18, 2016
An almost astonishingly interminable thriller...
February 13, 2001
Class has its place, but some of us prefer our cut-'em-ups a little more lowdown.
January 01, 2000
A reasonably enjoyable (for those captivated by this sort of thing) black comedy/noir thriller.
August 21, 2012
I'm not surprised that in my youth I thought Shallow Grave was a pretty cool movie. What surprises me now is that the adults at the time gave this ridiculous movie a pass.
February 01, 2007
This stylish, exhilarating feature debut Scottish director Boyle shows impressive command over the film medium. It's new type of British film, more influenced by Tarantino and the Coen brothers than any British tradition--Boyle is a talent to watch.
January 01, 2000
A tight little thriller, filled with exhilarating twists, that quickly establishes its artistic contract with the audience.
September 23, 2007
At some point, ordinary human compassion must take up the slack. Boyle isn't a zippy enough director to make up for what's missing. No one is.
January 01, 2000
Fox, McGregor and Eccleston merely mill around the screen like the kind of living-dead folks we usually see rising from the grave.
