Summary The Acid House (1998)

1. The Acid House | Rotten Tomatoes

  • This anthology adapts three stores by Scottish cult author Irvine Welsh. Boab (Stephen McCole) is kicked off his football team and out of his parents' home.

  • This anthology adapts three stores 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.

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2. The Acid House - Variety

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  • "The Acid House" makes "Trainspotting" look like a mild-mannered youth comedy. The producers of this British pic have said that they wanted the film to be 100% uncut, undiluted Irvine Welsh, and that's exactly what it is, for better or worse. Should pique the interest of U.S. distribs willing to take a chance on such an edgy offering.

The Acid House - Variety

3. The Acid House - CultureVulture

4. Sight & Sound | The Acid House (1998) - BFI

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5. [PDF] 100% PURE UNCUT IRVINE WELSH - The Acid House - Zeitgeist Films

6. The Acid House (1998) directed by Paul McGuigan • Reviews, film + cast

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  • A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.

The Acid House (1998) directed by Paul McGuigan • Reviews, film + cast

7. 'The Acid House': The insane '90s movie by Irvine Welsh

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  • Irvine Welsh is best known for penning 'Trainspotting', adapted for the big screen by Danny Boyle, but he also wrote 'The Acid House' a lesser-known 90s movie.

'The Acid House': The insane '90s movie by Irvine Welsh

8. The Acid House (1998) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM

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  • Watch TCM is the convenient way to watch great classic films when you want, where you want uncut, commercial free... and it's absolutely free.

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9. The Acid House - Metacritic

  • A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with ...

  • A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche. (Zeitgeist Films)

The Acid House - Metacritic

10. The Acid House Trilogy (1998) Movie Review from Eye for Film

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  • Advertised as "100% pure Irvine Welsh", this three-hander implies that John Hodge's adaptation of Trainspotting was a girl's blouse. Make no mistake, undiluted Welsh hurts in a bad way. And there's no fun in that. The Granton Star Cause is coming from somewhere else. It has surreal black humour and a wonderfully witty camera style. Maurice Roeves, as God, in a role Sean Connery turned down, is almost worth the price of a ticket and Welsh's dialogue captures the comic phrasing of Edinburgh's working class to a f***ing tee. My Name Is Joe sounds polite in comparison.

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