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Iowa, 1971. Laid-back stoner FH (Billy Crudup) meets Michelle (Samantha Morton), and the two fall in love, get involved in heroin, then begin stealing to keep up their habit. When Michelle becomes pregnant they both decide to enter re-hab, but FH finds it hard to keep his end of the bargain.
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Actors: Billy Crudup, Robert Michael Kelly, Torben Brooks, Dierdre Lewis, Jimmy Moffit
Director: Alison Maclean
Manufacturer: Momentum Pictures
Director: Alison Maclean
Manufacturer: Momentum Pictures
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I found this film incredibly emotional. There is no denying it has its tragic moments but they are all interspersed with a strange joy rarely found in today's cinema. Some scenes had me choking with laughter including Jack Black's, surely career topping, performance. That in some way is its beauty, Billy Crudup and Samantha Morton are excellent but almost seem to just be foundations for the rest of the cast. For instance I've always enjoyed Denis Leary but his short role as 'Wayne' came as more as a surprise than Jack Black, never before have I seen Leary cast so well. There possibly isn't any point in mentioning Dennis Hopper, who is often almost flawless in any film, I can't help it though and his performance in this rivals those in 'Rumblefish' and 'True Romance.' Anyway, to any fan of films that have that special difference which doesn't always do them much credit at the box office, this hopefully is the one for you. Also please be warned that I don't pay much attention to extras on DVDs, so my rating is only based on the quality of the film. Hope you enjoy it.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Jason Parkes
#1 HALL OF FAME
Format:VHS Tape
Wasn't too sure to begin with- having read Denis Johnson's source book of short-stories (drugstore cowboy, if scripted by Raymond Carver) and becoming attached to the book in the way that readers do...THis is a great adaptation- one that took its time in getting made and that extends on the source and makes more cohesive (e.g. f***head becomes the main character that binds the episodes, ditto the love-affair with Morton's character).
Why- or rather, how, this film got overlooked by the masses is beyond me. This is much better than 'Trainspotting' or empty style mag dross like 'Human Traffic'- Alison 'Crush' MacLean having more knowledge of cinema than one confined to endless viewings of 'Goodfellas' & 'Pulp Fiction'.
There are plenty of moments of beauty in this- the split screen OD's of Crudup & Leary (recalling that other recent drugs classic, 'Requiem for a DReam'), Morton's pale naked body in the background as Crudup eats a note, the early dancing scene, the opening car crash, the affair between Hunter's character & Crudup's or the singing Amish woman...This film will hopefully find its audience on video- it is wonderfully acted (Jack Black stands out, along with Crudup & Morton) and Denis Johnson himself plays the guy with the hunting knife in his eye! Plus, the soundtrack is great- particularly Wilco/Billy Bragg's 'Airline to Heaven'. Proof that Johnson's divine prose can be translated into film; here's to David Lynch's adaptation of 'Already Dead' and Paul Schrader's adaptation of 'THe Name of the World'!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Format:DVD
A pre-High Fidelity Jack Black steals the show as a supporting actor in this hilarious but often poignant tale of 'F*ckhead' (Billy Cruddup), the guy with a heart of gold, but brains of glue. Cruddup's character spends his days scoring drugs and trying to make a fast buck. Through his drug hazed eyes we see his world: a mix of oddball characters and bizarre dilemmas, where the only thing you can trust is the knowledge that nothing will go right, no matter how hard you try, and the harder you try the more will go wrong. Samantha Morton plays a blinder as the girl who gets him onto hard drugs and into more trouble than he could ever have dreamed of. The religious theme is tenuous until the end, where his laying on of hands shows him that he can make a difference. A black redemption comedy for the slacker era.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
heart felt but to disjointed
This is a good film but the plot runs a little thin.
The comedy and artyness makes up for that though well worth a watch..
The comedy and artyness makes up for that though well worth a watch..
Published on 26 Nov 2010 by movie maniac
5.0 out of 5 stars
Subtly Defies Expectations
This film shows great cinematic flair, and features some remarkable editing as well as fine performances already described by other reviewers. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lucid yet clouded...quite unlike other "drug" movies
To conceptualise Alison Maclean's stunning film would do it no justice. If it's a Road Movie -- where's the easy moralising, the sparse colour-saturated views of the mid-west? Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2001 by bishclone@ntlworld.com
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