The Acid House (1998)
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Cast
as Boab
as God
as Johnny
as Catriona
as Larry
as Coco
as [The Granton Star Cause]
as Rory
as Mother [A Soft Touch]
as Jenny
as Kirsty
as Kev
as Evelyn
as Tambo
as Sgt. Morrison [The Granton Star Case]
as Grant
as Parkie
as Barman
as Boab Sr.
as Doreen
as [A Soft Touch]
as Cochrane
as Sgt. Morrison
as Workmate/Deck
as Workmate
as Rafferty
as Alec
as Pool Player
as Alan
as Skanko
as Chantel (as a Baby)
as Chantel (as a Toddler)
as Mother
as Diana
as New Girl
as Wendy
as Pub Singer [A Soft Touch]
as Emma
as CoCo's Father
as CoCo's Mother
as Felix the Paramedic
as Tam the Driver
as Dr. Callaghan
as Nurse Boyd
as Andy
Critic Reviews for The Acid House
All Critics (20) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (11) | DVD (1)
What the three stories do share are solid ideas all dressed up with nowhere to go.
Cheap and unpleasant, yet compelling
If I could give this movie a negative rating, I would.
...assaults our jaded senses...
It's a one-joke film that fails to be amusing almost from the start, and shamefully wastes a talented ensemble cast in such a trite and depressing enterprise.
Audience Reviews for The Acid House
The Acid House is a vulgar and perverted literary adaption, of three short stories, in the Scottish slums. It is loaded with profanity, and makes the viewer feel like trash, just by watching. Coming into the viewing I heard nothing of it, but judging it's negative critical reception, and lack of publicity, it's one of the most underrated films I ever encountered. It was hysterical black humor, and probably the best film I've seen from the nineties. The first story follows Boab, a lazy lump of dirt, who looses everything in a matter of a few hours. After a bar man philosophical meeting with God, he is turned into a fly. The meeting was surprisingly deep, and asks the true question of "why don't we use our powers". As a fly he gets revenge, and sees with the audience a scene of incredible disturbance. Then there's the most emotionally dwelling story "The Soft Touch". A truly caring but naive man, marries and impregnates a whore. Obviously enough she openly cheats on him, and everything goes down, for the man with no escape. The setting was tense, and while the ending was anti-climatic, it was the most well made of the shorts. Finally there's the story that the film invests the most effort into, The Acid House. This was absolutely, the best midnight humor I've ever came across. Dirty, crazy, and makes Trainspotting, look like it copped out. A dope head switches bodies with a newly born baby, and while switch of bodies has become a comedy cliche, this one actually made it work. I laughed eccentrically and it really completed the film, if there's any reason to finish it, here you go. In conclusion I can't explain my love for this film enough. The score and white trash setting put a mood. The small things like the graffiti and the bigger aspects such as the characters all had there contribution. I laughed and could still take the next scene with seriousness. The Acid House is not acclaimed nearly enough. I highly recommended to anyone who's willing to vitiate there brain, for two hours. I hoe all will love it as much as myself, though that's unlikely
Super Reviewer
Funny, but only the third story is good.
Super Reviewer
A weak adaptation of Welsh's short stories. A few interesting parts, but you're better off reading the book or seeing Trainspotting.
Super Reviewer
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