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Luckily, Kate does have an advantage over the others: she has a very sexy Scottish accent.

What does it mean to be Scottish?  According to the film Stone of Destiny, it means drinking lots of beer, hating the English and never giving up on your dreams. Set against the lush landscape and detailed architecture of the British Isles, Stone of Destiny is a charming tale of dreamers and national pride. The film follows a group of Scottish college students as they attempt to steal an ancient rock known as the “Stone of Destiny”  from those darn English. While the stone itself is nothing but an odd-shaped rock, it  represents the glory of Scotland – and how England has taken that away from them (insert castration metaphor here).

These kids will stop at nothing to get this rock back – it’s not personal, it’s national. If anything, this movie seems to reinforce the idea that the English are a bunch of jerks. They pillaged the land of the Aboriginal Peoples, colonized just about anything and everything and, worst of all, started the skinny model trend (which, to this day, is the leading cause of the “I’m not skinny enough” mindset in teenage girls). I enjoyed the film quite a bit. After all, it followed the recipe for any great movie: attractive leading man, check; feisty female co-star, check; drunken sidekick, check; and, most importantly, everyone has to have an accent – check.

I was very impressed by the film’s star, Charlie Cox, whose humour and tenacity was refreshing. Kate Mara was delightful, too, and Lois Laneesque in her role as the only girl in
the ragtag group. The casual viewer, however, may clump her in with Amy Adams and Isla Fisher (a clone of the former) thanks to her looks. Luckily, Kate does have an advantage over the others: she has a very sexy Scottish accent. When the film was over, I was left with a feeling of bliss. It was nice to see a movie about something for a change. Stone of Destiny had a message: follow your dreams and never forget where you came from. But if I were only allotted one question to the film’s director, it would be this: why does a Michael Bublé song play in a movie set in the ’50s? Shame on you for thinking no one would notice.

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