Stars: John Gordon Sinclair, Carly McKinnon, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dougray Scott

Director: Bill Forsyth

Summary: Two decades after a teenage boy's crush on a schoolgirl football player, Gregory Underwood returns to his old school to teach English. He soon finds himself caught between a colleague and a schoolgirl who plays football. With much of his teaching encompassing human rights, Gregory also finds himself enlisted too.

This sequel to GREGORY'S GIRL takes place 20 years after the original film. Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) is now 35 and back at the school he attended, teaching English and preaching against human rights abuses. When Gregory's students uncover corrupt practices at a local factory, they want their teacher to help them expose the culprit, who happens to be his old school chum. Gregory quickly finds himself trapped between his idealism and breaking the law. He's also torn between his two "girls"--a sexy young schoolgirl and mature full-blooded woman. In midst of all this confusion, Gregory has important decisions to make....

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Strange to think that 20 or so years ago Bill Forsyth was one of the rising star directors of British cinema. His breakthrough film, the 1981 film Gregory's Girl, was a beguiling view of a teenage love, bolstered by a memorable debut by John Gordon-Sinclair as the eponymous Greg, a gawky, awkward pupil at a big Scottish high school. Forsyth's fallen of the map of late--his big-budget foray, Being Humanbombed massively--all of which makes this sequel to Gregory's Girlall the more understandable. Thankfully, what might seem like a rather cynical exercise in milking a sure-fire hit formula has produced a gently comic film. Turning out to be one of Forsyth's most ambitious and satisfying movies, Gregory's Two Girlscatches up with Greg after all these years. Still as awkward as ever, he's teaching English in the school he attended as a teenager, where he's given to fantasising about one of his pupils, the self-assured Francis, while turning down the ardent advances of fellow teacher Bel. Caught between these two women, Greg is embroiled in a spot of industrial espionage, exposing a racket in torture equipment which his old school friend, local businessman Rowan is involved in.

Like the best of Forsyth's work, an air of sweet melancholy hangs over the film. For all its inspired comic moments, Forsyth's film is a poignant exploration of the sense of failure Greg feels for standing still while those around him are moving on. By the end, as Greg's comes out of his shell and engages fully with the world around him, the film becomes a study in renewal and second chances. --Edward Lawrenson

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1999
Release Date:	June 7, 2004
Runtime:	111 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C C D 8687
Label:	Film Four Distributors
Keywords:	Girls, Comedy, Two, General, Wide, Screen, Gregory's
Genre:	Comedy