The easiest way to describe this movie is a psychotic amalgamation of drug induced ramblings. Yeah this movie is a phenomenal representation of drugs and alcohol. There’s some scenes that are like a super bad trip, like the part where his parents cold turkey him. All the actors really give their all in this randomness, like for fucks sake, I saw Ewan McGregor get eaten by a toilet pretty much then attacked by a zombaby. It also has some subtle yet somber moments in it, like the baby and when their friend dies, it does a really good job of showing the soft white underbelly of the highs and lows of getting a fix. I will admit, them being Scottish made it 10X better, it made it feel more frantic and wild. My only real downfall to this movie is nothing is ever done with the love interest, she just got forgotten about for almost all of it. There could have been a great dynamic with the whole blackmail thing but they scrapped that whole idea for nothing I guess. There’s a few random scenes that are unneeded as well, I get that they are there to show that he’s living a life but sometimes it almost felt too random. Still a great movie, chaotic and funny with some very serious and dark undertones, will definitely watch again.
The easiest way to describe this movie is a psychotic amalgamation of drug induced ramblings. Yeah this movie is a phenomenal representation of drugs and alcohol. There’s some scenes that are like a super bad trip, like the part where his parents cold turkey him. All the actors really give their all in this randomness, like for fucks sake, I saw Ewan McGregor get eaten by a toilet pretty much then attacked by a zombaby. It also has some subtle yet somber moments in it, like the baby and when their friend dies, it does a really good job of showing the soft white underbelly of the highs and lows of getting a fix. I will admit, them being Scottish made it 10X better, it made it feel more frantic and wild. My only real downfall to this movie is nothing is ever done with the love interest, she just got forgotten about for almost all of it. There could have been a great dynamic with the whole blackmail thing but they scrapped that whole idea for nothing I guess. There’s a few random scenes that are unneeded as well, I get that they are there to show that he’s living a life but sometimes it almost felt too random. Still a great movie, chaotic and funny with some very serious and dark undertones, will definitely watch again.
