Spun

I don't know why this film works but dear god it does.

Yes, this is definately worth watching. Weird, bizarre, but extremely well done. Give 'er.

The last thing the world needs is another film about junkies. The photography is nice at times and the acting is pretty good (except the very annoying main character), but watching a bunch of degenerates live yet another day of their plotless lives is not a good foundation for a film. The fast-edit drug hit effect is overused and boring; seems as though the director/editors thought it would make the movie "stylish" or something.... trying a bit too hard guys.

Weird movie. Great acting though.

good movie

Rourke is interesting and his character has a nice moment towards the end of the film. Other then that fuck this sloppy, shameless, boring, weak, and cliched film.

imposant

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Kinda like a modern day Cheech and Chong movie, except instead of being about funny potheads, it's about psychotic meth addicts. Brittany Murphy looks particularly skanky.

2nd worst movie i've ever seen

Trippy as hell, a "must watch when drunk" film.

I wanted to like it, but it was far too much of a crazy thrill ride for me to keep up and keep interest.

Feels like it was shot and edited by a tweaked out coke fiend. Understandably it's the style Åkerlund was going for, but that doesn't make it any less annoying. Mickey Rourke is kinda cool.

Majority of the acting was nice (well, except the lead and poor cop parody) and I liked most of the quick cuts and animated parts, but what failed here was directing and the plot. Åkerlund's characterizing was not funny and he ought to find a decent story behind. Sadgirl and her co-worker were sexy and wored hilariously together. And the peaceful ending Åkerlund nailed to the point.

This is spinny. I watched this film and I thought it was excellent, the acting was brillaint! The plot however, was okay but seemed a bit meaningless.

Certainly could fall into a weird, quirky, crazy collection. Even the filming is as nutty as the strung out characters here.

11.9.15(+)

I was turned on by Deborah Harry. Yeah.

Insipid.

poor man's Requiem for a Dream, without the message and style that Requiem had.

Effective, but it's hard for a film to transcend banal subject matter.

I don't care about it's credentials, or lack thereof, as an "original druggie movie". It still entertained me.

The best part of this film is that it captures the screwed up surreal mindset of an addict. All of the characters are both oblivious and delusional towards what they are, or it's simply beyond them to care (which is kind of a measure of how "far gone" they are). But really, it's over the top and feels completely detached from the type of world it seeks to represent, instead substituting it for an overexaggerated caricature. The story flows like a comic book, and not a very good one at that.

Nice mixture between "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Trainspotting"!

A look at the life of a speed junkie. Well acted, cleverly scripted and with excellent pacing, this movie delivers. Tho it suffers from a mediocre director; the appeal of the movie fades a bit in the third act , its hardly noticeable. An entertaining watch. For anyone who enjoys seeing Mickey Rourke, Britt Murphy or John Leguizemo do their thing.. they're all excellent in this movie!

"do you shave your balls?"

Remakes REQUIEM FOR A DREAM as a comedy, which really shouldn't work but somehow does.

Despite the twitchy editing, despite the many moments that seem 'inspired' by other drug-related films, and despite the story that in essence goes nowhere, I was still entertained. The style somehow didn't get on my nerves and there are a few memorable moments that got a grin out of me.

Quite good for people on dope movies. I don't really care for people on dope movies.

"The lack of narrative sobriety and the director's shallow stylistic copycatting ... is the film's ultimate undoing." - Nick Schager

Drugs and blah blah blah. I dare you to pay attention! Maybe the longest-feeling movie (relative to actual running time) I've ever sat through?

This movie is interesting, there are many quirky characters. This is not the best movie out there on the subject of drugs, but it is entertaining and very funny at times

Very real and gritty. If I ever get the urge, I think of this flick. Great acting throughout.

About meth tweakers, even the stupid undercover cops were tweaking. This movie is like a thrill ride into the bizarre, and does a fairly good job of showing the insanity of the lifestyle. Brittany Murphy was awesome. I usually detest Jason Schwartsman but he was OK in this crazy role. Mickey Rourke, John Leguizamo and Mena Suvari were off the hook. Most of the acting was very convincing. Even the odd camera FF twitches seemed to work. The story went nowhere, but isn't that kind of the point?

A convenient little film. "Okay, guys. Requiem for a Dream and Trainspotting covered H, Blow covered coke, Fear and Loathing covered psychedelics... hmm... let's see... I guess we could make a movie about meth?"

Fairly accurate portrayal of the world of addicts. It's filthy, disturbing and trippy but hey, that's the reality for most of them.

It starts off and makes you think it might be an intense trip with split-second cuts about tweakers and the sickening, dangerous lives they lead, but it becomes clear it's about quirky, dopey people who just happen to take meth. Meth addicts aren't quirky, sorry. What's worse is that the pacing is so bad, it feels like it drags forever to get to the point, which it never gets to. Wasted opportunity of a film, not worth your time. I liked Mickey Rourke though, and Rob Halford's cameo is cute.

Other drug movies were quite good, liked the drug sequences at the beginning, great performance by female leads.

Brittany Murphy plays a drug addict....wait. Did i say plays?

Requiem For A Dream but for tweakers. Its fairly weak script becomes redeemed by its creative editing and some stellar and daring performances from Murphy, Rourke and Leguizamo. The bizarre cast and soundtrack add to the appeal as well.

Great cast.

It borrows/steals the fast-edit "high on drugs" style of other features (notably Requiem for a Dream), but this is pointless, exploitative, and disposable.

A very shallow piece of scorpio excrement, but hey, Debbie Harry!

trashy and too flashy, but worth watching for some of the performances

Brittany Murphy's performance here was stellar. The editing was fun sometimes but it was a bit much, there's a line (no pun intended) for that type of editing to actually work.