The Acid House (1999)

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Sick Product of a Sick System

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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Yeah, I know- you were expecting Trainspotting. How sorely disappointed you are. I know, it does happen in movie world. With Jackie Brown, you thought it was gonna be another Pulp Fiction. With The Acid House, you get something completely different, which will have you questioning where did the movie go. The movie you could say, is absurdly compelling, in trying to understand where the movie's coming from. Does it have a point? Running short of two hours, we have three stories, them themselves not that interesting or absorbing in that 112 minute grinding stretch. It would be hard for me, in fact, to tell you which one I like the best out of the three. We have a couple of stars from Trainspotting, which I will tell you, the third one I did like the best, but we'll get to that later. First story has an overweight teen who plays soccer. Things really go bad for him. He gets fired for playing shi.house, get kicked out by his parents and dumped by his big breasted girlfriend, oh yes, and he becomes a fly, at the hands of a god, masquerading as a bum, who even spouts "Vengeance Is Mine". On the whole, this is just a weird concept with hardly any potency. Moviong on: Story 2, I guess the real acid house which involves a squabbling young couple. The girlfriend has the hots for the new beef head who's doesn't have many brain cells left. He's just moved into the building and starts taking over the relationship in many ways. This story is comical, but the beefcake is played with a such a engaging performance, so this story doesn't count as a total loss. Now story three, involving our Spud, much more fu.ked up than in Trainspotting, supported by her girlfriend. Look, just watch it if you love Spud, as he is comically captivating. At the end of this movie, you'll be in wonderment, or stupefaction, a film slightly better enjoyed on the second view, but The Acid House sours, no Trainspotting. I found it a disappointing watch, despite it's oddity and originality which I approved of. It's just a really disappointing comedown, with no morals. This and Trainspotting are in totally different worlds, which has me thinking, was the writer on acid.

I saw this movie at the Film Forum in NYC back in 1998. In my opinion it is one of the funniest movies ever made. In fact the audience was screaming and falling on the floor. The portrayal of God (and I am a Christian) is classic. There was a scene in the movie I will not detail, but you must see the sex scene with the older couple. I will not sugar-coat this--there are some very disturbing situations with drugs. And even though the movie is in English, subtitles were used do to the heavy Scottish accent. This movie is clearly not for everyone, but for its genre--the Trainspotting genre--it is as funny as anything ever made. Also beware of the fairly harsh language. But If you love dark comedies, there is none darker.

This is really one of the worst movies i have seen in a while. It's not funny at all. It simply portrays a lower class Northern British setting. I find it a very sad film at parts, at others cuts are where they shouldn't be. One thing that really annoyed me was the close ups of pointless objects it really slowed down the pace of the movie. I only made it through the movie because i fast forwarded certain sequences towards the end.This movie completely loses the attention of the audience. It's main problem is that it makes multiple reasons for one action, which in turn tends to weaken that action. However if there is one reason for one action it makes it more passionate. All in all this movie is all over the place. I didn't learn enough about the characters to care about them because of the shifting plot lines and stories where as i would have maybe enjoyed exploring the life of one character.For example at the beginning when the guy meets God in the bar, God seems like a cool guy. The movie could've elaborated on that moment and I think it would've been a lot funnier.Anyway, enough if's. Watch it if you want, but I'm warning you this film is crap. I respect the makers for trying to pull it off with such a low budget but they could've done a much better job. I guess it all lies in the camera movement and editing, the acting was decent. But then again, that's just my opinion.

Be prepared for something different.Three short stories provide a triple dose of mayhem. I've never experienced anything quite like this. Expletives abound in every sentence. Fast-paced dialogue is sub-titled. It's just as well and so necessary with the strong Scottish accent.Story 1 is a tale about revenge. When all seems lost, God makes it possible for Boab Coyle to avenge himself on numerous people who have been more than unkind to him. It's strong stuff and at times you may wish to vomit at what you see. Ugh! Story2 is about Johnny and Catriona and the new baby. Larry, a most despicable neighbour who lives in the upstairs apartment has eyes for Catriona who enjoys what seems like non-stop sex with this lascivious creature, while Johnny is literally left holding the baby together with all the household chores. There are some very funny scenes including an ingenious answer to a lack of electric power and a stupid argument about the colour cerise.Story 3 is more of a character study of a young man called Coco suffering from a drug over-dose. There is ample opportunity to use special effects such as distorted images. Another story of a couple rushing to hospital for the birth of their baby is cleverly intertwined with sound effects of shouting and screaming common to both. As for the precocious baby, I found it rather weird and unsettling and one that only a mother could love.Don't be put off by the dirty talk and blasphemous conversation. The characters seem so real to me. Their lives are a sad reflection of a miserable existence of the lower classes sweetened by only one thing......the love of football.