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The Acid House ( Region 2 DVD) After the success of Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh got to write his own screenplay adaption of three of the short stories taken from his book of the same name. I've recently read with great amusement over at imdb that the American version of Trainspotting was overdubbed in some scenes as some folks had difficulty understanding the characters.
I warn you now, if you had difficulty understanding the dialogue in Trainspotting (which I find hard to believe), then this film will be rather incomprehensible to ya quite often. The Acid House has real Scottish accents and slang, not shite efforts like Scottie in Star Trek or Donald Pleasance in Phenomena. Irvine Welsh adapts these three stories: The Granton Star Cause - The weakest of the three stories but still enjoyable. Boab Coyle looses his place in the local football team, his job, he's asked to move out of his parent's house, he gets arrested and recieves a criminal record and a beating at the police station. Could it get any worse? Well, after meeting a vengeful God at the pub, Boab is then turned into a housefly so the answer is yes! As a fly on the wall, Boab gets to see some and do some unusual A Soft Touch - This is my favourite vignette and the only story in the film which stays firmly rooted in reality. Kevin McKidd plays Johnny, a soft touch, married to a cheating whore of a wife, abused and ripped off by his violent neighbour, and left looking after the baby. Just how much will this ultra nice guy put up with? A very touching story... The Acid House - Very funny stuff, Ewan Bremner plays Coco Bryce. After taking a tab of lsd and being struck by lightning, he finds himself trading personalities with a newborn baby. Coco is trapped in the baby's body whilst the baby is trapped in Coco's body. The performance by Bremner is great as is Martin Clunes in his very funny but short appearance as the baby's father. It's a lot of fun to watch an animatronic baby swearing and being thoroughly obnoxious, as it is to watch Bremner playing a baby in an adult's As in Trainspotting, this film's score is EXCELLENT. Amongst many great tunes, you get to hear my favourite Belle & Sebastian track, Slow Graffiti, written exclusively for this movie. The only criticism that I would make of this film is that it reminds me of a made for television project at times (rather apt since it was funded by the UK's Channel Four) but that's mostly due to the low budget and the cast and crew certainly do very well with what they have to work with. But it has to be said that Kevin McKidd's and Ewan Bremner's performances and the foul-mouthed baby easily steal the film. This region 2 disc has a slightly grainy anamorphic print but sadly only a lazy non 5.1 surround track. And all you get extras wise is a trailer and a photo gallery of screen captures from the film. Not too good but hey, that's why it only cost me a fiver so Idon't feel cheated. The Acid House is an essential buy for Irvine Welsh fans and recommended (at the right price) for folks impressed by VERY off the wall British comedy dramas. This, Trainspotting and Shallow Grave are the only British films of the 90's that did anything for me. |
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