Scotland, Pa.

Basically a one-joke film, but the joke is a good one. In the small town of Scotland, PA, an evil brew of greed, betrayal and murder is about to boil over. Joe "Mac" McBeth (James LeGros) and his frighteningly ambitious wife, Pat (Maura Tierney), both work at Duncan's, a roadside hamburger joint owned and operated by Norm Duncan (James Rebhorn), the erstwhile donut king. Mac is full of ideas about the future of fast food (how about pieces of fried chicken with dipping sauce?), but Norm isn't listening. When Norm passes over Mac to give the new manager position to his unqualified, headbanging son, Malcolm (Tom Guiry), Mac's thoughts turn to murder. Pat sets it up: The...