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Siskoid

Filth is, like Trainspotting, an Irvine Welsh novel adaptation, and it seems Trainspotting is the template for how you should carry an Irvine Welsh novel to the big screen. Hallucinatory moments, savagely funny voice-over, fast-paced editing, the whole lot. Unlike Trainspotting, the lead character isn't all that sympathetic though. James McAvoy plays Bruce Roberston, a corrupt Edinburgh cop who cares more about his promotion than solving crimes, but his ambitions might be waylaid by a mental breakdown. McAvoy is well supported by a cast full of recognizable faces (even when a character doesn't actually have lines), most prominently Jim Broadbent* as a psychiatrist with a giant cranium, Imogen Poots as maybe the only good person on the police force, John Sessions as the restrained but bigoted boss, Shirley Henderson as the victim of Bruce's dirty phone calls, and Downton's Joanne Froggatt as perhaps the only purity in his life. So it's unfortunate that the movie doesn't always work. The ending is messy. And lot of the visual inventiveness comes from images that seem random (unless you read the book, presumably). I like many of the moments - as dark and offensive as it gets at times - but the adaptation from the novel could have used a bit more work.
5 years 9 months ago
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Malteser

why isn't this movie on top of the cult movie list?
6 years 2 months ago
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The_Comatorium

Scottish Bad Lieutenant.
7 years 10 months ago
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Sarcastic Miss Know-It-All

McAvoy is at his most brilliant, ranging from emotionally vulnerable to bad boy to certifiably insane.

The soundtrack is also a delight.

Another great, unsettling story brought to you by the unhinged imagination of Irvine Welsh.
8 years 10 months ago
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operationdropkick

Apart from reading an article in Empire about it once just before release, I didn't hear anything about this movie until I started seeing it in the DVD section of supermarkets. I presumed it'd gone straight-to-DVD and was a terrible film.

What a fantastic and unexpected shock! Absolutely incredible movie from start to finish, deserves way, way more attention than it sadly received and McAvoy's performance was off the scale, seriously impressive actor. In terms of notoriety, it's obviously no where near Trainspotting but, I'm part of a very, very small minority who isn't really that into that movie so I'd watch this over it any day. And I'll probably go out and buy the book now too.
9 years ago
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Cadeicus

Great acting by James McAvoy, and a good soundtrack (apart from Darude - Sandstorm).
9 years 3 months ago
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Todolojodo

Very fucking outrageous and excellent!!!
I shit on god!
9 years 8 months ago
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royalspikey77

Very interesting movie. Lots going on here, most of it excellent. Well worth checking out.
9 years 8 months ago
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Evenhumm

This movie made me say "What the fuck" more than once.
However it was the good kind of "What the fuck". This movie is definitely not for everyone, but i enjoyed it.
9 years 11 months ago
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NourNasreldin

McAvoy truly shines in this one. He's a genius yet to be recognized. I wish there were more actors with a talent like his.

An incredible ride with outstanding acting, cinematography, soundtrack and plot. Definitely a new favourite.
9 years 11 months ago
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nothere413

Feels like one of those movies that I'll only grow to like more and more over time.
10 years 1 month ago
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mathiasa

Pussy's for Faggots
10 years 1 month ago
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jamesmcavoy

So wrong in so many ways, yet absolutely hilarious. And as always Mr McAvoy excels. Fantastic.
10 years 9 months ago
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Jace Lightner

Throughout the duration of the movie I genuinely didn't understand what was going on but that is due to my limitations. However, everything became clear in the last 20 minutes or so. Nevertheless, McAvoy's performance was brilliant, seemless and un-contrived and is what kept my eyes glued to the screen ... even though I wasn't so sure what was happening :D

Bizarre, to say the least.
10 years 9 months ago
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NPeeters

One of the weirdest films I have ever seen. James McAvoy was utterly brilliant.
10 years 9 months ago

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