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The Acid House (1998) 6.3
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Metascore: 55/100
Reviews: 49 user | 30 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com Three twisted tales of abuse, drugs, displaced personalities and insect life by Scottish writer Irving Welsh. Director:Paul McGuigan |
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Boab (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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God (segment "The Granton Star Cause") /
Drunk (segment "A Soft Touch") /
Priest (segment "The Acid House")
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Garry Sweeney | ... |
Kev (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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Jenny McCrindle | ... |
Evelyn (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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Simon Weir | ... |
Tambo (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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Iain Andrew | ... |
Grant (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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Parkie (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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Pat Stanton | ... |
Barman (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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Alex Howden | ... |
Boab Snr (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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Annie Louise Ross | ... |
Doreen (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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Dennis O'Connor | ... |
PC Cochrane (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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John Gardner | ... |
Sgt. Morrison (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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William Blair | ... |
Workmate ("The Granton Star Case") /
Deck ("A Soft Touch")
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Gary McCormack | ... |
Workmate (segment "The Granton Star Cause") /
Larry (segment "A Soft Touch")
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Workmate (segment "The Granton Star Cause")
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Three twisted tales from the seamy side of Scotland and the mind of Irvine Welsh. The Granton Star Cause: in the same day a young Leith lad is dumped by his football team, his girlfriend and his parents, arrested and beaten up by the police and turned into a fly by God, whom he meets in a pub. The Soft Touch: a man is too soft to do anything when his wife moves in with the thug upstairs. The Acid House: while tripping on acid, Coco Bryce is struck by lightning, causing him to switch bodies with a newborn baby. Written by Alexander Lum <aj_lum@bigpond.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
1 January 1999 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend:
£42,751 (UK) (1 January 1999)Gross:
$142,783 (USA) (3 December 1999)Company Credits
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Colin 'Coco' Bryce: Aye, I did. Look, sit doon. I mean sit down. Fuck... eh? You'd better not say nowt to no cunt about this, right?
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The film was deemed deeply offensive by the UK tabloid press for its inclusion of a swearing, foul-mouthed God. See more »Quotes
Jenny: [Coco, has a baby, has just spoken] You spoke, Tom.Colin 'Coco' Bryce: Aye, I did. Look, sit doon. I mean sit down. Fuck... eh? You'd better not say nowt to no cunt about this, right?
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Like Irvine Welsh I come from Leith so I`m not having a go at the Edinburgh/Scottish underclass. What I am having a go at are independant British film makers - None of whom were brought up on sink estates - who think people are going to pay good or bad money to go the cinema to watch sensationalist rubbish like THE ACID HOUSE. Who in their right mind wants to watch 3 short plotless films about nothing in particuler , full of explicit sex and extreme swearing when they can sit at home and experience similiar things.
TRAINSPOTTING had its faults but unlike THE ACID HOUSE it did have its good points. There is nothing to praise in THE ACID HOUSE. If you have the choice of either renting this piece of garbage or going to the pub , please go to the pub .