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Acid House, The
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring Ewen Bremner, Gary McCormack, Jemma Redgrave, Kevin McKidd, Martin Clunes, Arlene Cockburn, Maurice Roëves, and Irvine Welsh
A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche. (Zeitgeist Films)
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: | Irvine Welsh (also stories) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Paul McGuigan |
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DVD: August 28, 2001 Video: September 4, 2001 Theatrical: August 6, 1999 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 112 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | UK |
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The average user rating for this movie is 4.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Amurabi M. gave it a3:
if you are the kind of optimistic guy and you don`t share the kind of nihilistic mood of the 90s, maybe you can be disappointed from this material from the creator of that 90s milestone: "trainspotting". While "Trainspotting" offers hope and redemption with a woderful sense of humor and no chance for kirtsch and corny, this awful filme doesn`t offer anything. For those who loved tha boyle filme, this material (from this intrascendent mcguigan) is gonna be like mediocre filmmaking and poorly provocative material. Trying to be a comedy, this exercise of repulsion, pathetism, bad technique and "hilarious" scenes is no more than a bad film surrounded by the "prestige" of the writer. We know, now, that "trainspotting" was a fluke of Irvine Welsh but a great filme of Danny Boyle. "The acid house" is just a lack: of a mature writer, a disciplined director and, above all, a spark of talent.
Gilbert M. gave it a 5:
This is a violent movie. I don't mean that in the sense that it depicts brutal fisticuffs (it doesn't, much - though it depicts brutal just-about-everything-else-you-can-think-of). I mean that in the sense that it PUNCHES YOU IN THE FACE almost RELENTLESSLY and WITHOUT EXPLANATION - Paul McGuigan obviously read the stories and looked at - but didn't properly watch - Trainspotting, and thought, "Right, weird, horrible, pounding junglist club massive in a area soundtrack, that's easy enough. Make everything go really fast and loud and we're away". But Trainspotting knew there was an audience watching. It knew when to keep its head down. It knew not to draw attention to itself. The Acid House gave me a headache. It gets a 5 because the stories are pretty good. But you'll probably more "enjoy" (if that's the right word - or maybe "get more out of") reading them.
Jak gave it a 10:
F..... brilliant man.
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