There's a world of drug-trip movies out there, and the best thing about them is that most of them get away with an antidrug message after taking its audience through its psychedelic ride. This movie could also make some claims, but it's not so interested in that part. It's pretty much just the trip, involving colorful (some would say, ahem, "Tarantino-esque") characters and three days of meth binging.
Which, by all means, makes it entertaining, even if the only characters worth half a hoot are the ones played by Jason Schwartzman and Mickey Rourke. The movie starts off with everyone just about ready to freak out and doesn't let down much afterwards, pretty much keeping pace and interest for its full runtime. Considering how easy it would be to slow down, and keeping in mind that the potential fanbase is probably just going to watch the movie when on drugs themselves, it's admirable that they maintained that kind of work ethic.
Though, really, most of its all "just a bunch of hooey." (Pardon the silly expression). Rourke's monologue in the porn shop seems custom made to fit into some trivia book about the most instances of the word "pussy" in a three minute running segment. Brittney Murphy's screen time seems only to work because she's pretty and the filmmakers want her to be the ditzy pretty druggy for their audience. And the gay men at the root of the operation don't really seem to have much reason to be there except to include gay men somewhere in there (why not, right?).
So yeah, it's fun, and I guess you'll feel a bit "spun" while watching it. It's kind of like the drug-trip style equivalent to the dumb-teenager comedy genre, which means it's almost custom made for any aspiring meth-addicts DVD player.
--PolarisDiB
Which, by all means, makes it entertaining, even if the only characters worth half a hoot are the ones played by Jason Schwartzman and Mickey Rourke. The movie starts off with everyone just about ready to freak out and doesn't let down much afterwards, pretty much keeping pace and interest for its full runtime. Considering how easy it would be to slow down, and keeping in mind that the potential fanbase is probably just going to watch the movie when on drugs themselves, it's admirable that they maintained that kind of work ethic.
Though, really, most of its all "just a bunch of hooey." (Pardon the silly expression). Rourke's monologue in the porn shop seems custom made to fit into some trivia book about the most instances of the word "pussy" in a three minute running segment. Brittney Murphy's screen time seems only to work because she's pretty and the filmmakers want her to be the ditzy pretty druggy for their audience. And the gay men at the root of the operation don't really seem to have much reason to be there except to include gay men somewhere in there (why not, right?).
So yeah, it's fun, and I guess you'll feel a bit "spun" while watching it. It's kind of like the drug-trip style equivalent to the dumb-teenager comedy genre, which means it's almost custom made for any aspiring meth-addicts DVD player.
--PolarisDiB