Local Hero is a magical film, like the film's character you will also feel like you are on a vacation, at first it takes some time to adjust to this new place, but slowly it just grows upon you. At the end of the film, I felt sad because I'm already missing this small town that I never visited in real life when people say the place itself is a character I guess that is what they meant, here the small town itself is the main character.
I like this small movie because it makes the world look a little simpler to me.