Produced by Ken Marshall, James McAvoy, Celine Rattray, Jens Meurer, Trudie Styler, Jon S. Baird, Mark Amin, Christian Angermayer, Will Clarke, and Stephen Mao
Screenplay by Jon S. Baird
Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh
With: James McAvoy, Imogen Poots, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Joanne Froggatt, Shirley Henderson, Eddie Marsan, Emun Elliott, Iain De Caestecker, Martin Compston, Pollyanna McIntosh, Natasha O'Keeffe, David Soul, Kate Dickie, Shauna Macdonald, and Gary Lewis
Release Date: 03 October 2013
Color/Aspect: Color / 2.35 : 1
Editing: Mark Eckersley
Music: Clint Mansell
Runtime: 97 min
Release Date: 03 October 2013
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color
Writer/Director Jon S. Baird’s film of the novel Filth (by Scotland’s premiere writer of brutal black-comedy Irvine Welsh) certainly lives up to its name, but doesn’t fulfill its promise. Baird and his star James McAvoy (Atonement, The Last King of Scotland, Trance) are unable to make the material feel fresh. The style lacks the power and originality of Trainspotting or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and McAvoy (though he gives it his all) is the wrong choice to play the story's damaged, misanthropic, prick-cop. Imogen Poots, Jamie Bell, Joanne Froggatt, Eddie Marsan and the ubiquitous Jim Broadbent are all wasted in two-dimensional roles. This is yet another film about an anti-hero that explores his behavior by overt voice-over narration and visualizing his demons via goofy hallucinations and long-played-out dream sequences.
Produced by Ken Marshall, James McAvoy, Celine Rattray, Jens Meurer, Trudie Styler, Jon S. Baird, Mark Amin, Christian Angermayer, Will Clarke, and Stephen Mao
Screenplay by Jon S. Baird
Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh
With: James McAvoy, Imogen Poots, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Joanne Froggatt, Shirley Henderson, Eddie Marsan, Emun Elliott, Iain De Caestecker, Martin Compston, Pollyanna McIntosh, Natasha O'Keeffe, David Soul, Kate Dickie, Shauna Macdonald, and Gary Lewis
Release Date: 03 October 2013
Color/Aspect: Color / 2.35 : 1
Editing: Mark Eckersley
Music: Clint Mansell
Runtime: 97 min
Release Date: 03 October 2013
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color
An All-timer. One of the 5000 greatest films. Usually only awarded after repeat viewings.
One of the year's best. An excellent film. Possibly one of the 5000 greatest and certainly worthy of repeated viewing.
A very good film. Most films I see fall in the two- or three-star ranking. I give an extra half-star to three-star films that could end up on the list of the 5000 greatest.
A good film. Well worth seeing, but perhaps less significant than a two-and-a-half star film.
A noteworthy or enjoyable film that I can’t fully recommend. Still, two-and-a-half star films are often some of the most memorable films of a year.
A disappointment, an interesting failure, or just a bad movie. But still worth seeing if you’ve got the time.
A bad, rant-worthy film. Should be avoided regardless of hype or talent involved.
One of the worst films.
