The Acid House

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The Acid House

1998

1h 51m

Drama

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This anthology adapts three stories by Scottish cult author Irvine Welsh. Boab (Stephen McCole) is kicked off his football team and out of his parents' home, loses both his job and his girlfriend and finally meets God (Maurice Roëves) in a squalid pub. Nice guy Johnny (Kevin McKidd) marries pregnant near-stranger Catriona (Michelle Gomez), who starts a tawdry affair with their upstairs neighbor (Gary McCormack). On an acid trip, teen hooligan Coco (Ewen Bremner) trades bodies with a fetus.

Critics Consensus

Narratively stagnant and stylistically oppressive, The Acid House proves to be a bad trip.

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David Luty

Film Journal International

03/01/2007

What the three stories do share are solid ideas all dressed up with nowhere to go.

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Film Threat

12/06/2005

2/5

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

06/26/2005

2/5

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

06/29/2004

3/5

Cheap and unpleasant, yet compelling

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Gareth v

@geewah 06/26/2023

This is full-blown Irvine Welsh on celluloid. Crass, vulgar, over the top. The three stories here are all unique and while far from perfect it's entertaining enough. Fantastic soundtrack as well.

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02/24/2021

One of the most f##ked up films ive seen lol it's 3 stories yeah deffo worth a watch if you wanna scramble ya brain up a bit 🤪🤯

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11/17/2019

I think you need to be on drugs to understand what the film is all about.f--king stupid storyline about a man that turns in to a fly.I thought it was going to be about the Scottish 90s raves but I just got some fly eating pooh so I turned it off after 30 mins. Awful.

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06/18/2017

Post-trainspotting adaption of the Irvine Welsh book of the same name - 10 for effort, 2 for execution - book is much better

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01/15/2014

This is so crazy &out there you actually have to be on acid to probably enjoy/ understand this huge mess. A massive Z movie in my opinion.

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12/13/2013

Between The Acid House & Trainspotting, I can only conclude that Scotland is a terrible, terrible place.

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Synopsis

This anthology adapts three stories by Scottish cult author Irvine Welsh. Boab (Stephen McCole) is kicked off his football team and out of his parents' home, loses both his job and his girlfriend and finally meets God (Maurice Roëves) in a squalid pub. Nice guy Johnny (Kevin McKidd) marries pregnant near-stranger Catriona (Michelle Gomez), who starts a tawdry affair with their upstairs neighbor (Gary McCormack). On an acid trip, teen hooligan Coco (Ewen Bremner) trades bodies with a fetus.

Director: Paul McGuigan
Screenwriter: Irvine Welsh
Distributor: Prodifilms, Senator Film, Mars Distribution, Asociace Ceskych Filmovych Klubu, Zeitgeist Films, GAGA Communications [jp], RCV Film Distribution
Production Co: Picture Palace North Limited [gb], Umbrella Productions Limited [gb]
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 1, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $142.8K
Runtime: 1h 51m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)