[3][4] The film underwent extensive restoration, funded by Creative Scotland, Park Circus and Film4, after being lost for many years and was released on DVD on 4 March 2013.
Eddie Harrison for magazine The List gave the film 4/5 stars and wrote that the film "has gained from being lost for several decades; the reliance on natural locations now make it seem like a time capsule of local delights, from gaudy Woolworths signs to forgotten Glasgow nightspots like DeQuincey’s, and Robertson’s vertically loading gramophone is a sight to behold", but that "Gormley’s film feels decidedly modern in the way it deftly probes away at Ritchie’s West of Scotland machismo, revealing an inner darkness behind his well-crafted tunes".
He handles the musical moments well and similarly finds just the right tone for the more comedic touches (the lightness of Anderson’s performance plays its part here too), but the dramatic edges don’t quite hit home as well they should.
[4] Keir Roper-Caldbeck for The Skinny gave the film 3/5 stars and wrote that "Charles Gormley's light-footed approach to character and dialogue quickly beguiles" and that "the bouffant BA Robertson proves an amiable leading man".
[7] In an interview with Harrison for The List in 2013, Robertson said he was "quite disbelieving about the whole Scottish film business" and that "we had a very tight budget, we were shooting on Super 16 so we had tonnes of technical problems.