shockingly good 9/10

Rating: 9/10 (3 February 2001)

i really liked this film, not in the sense of it being enjoyable but it is thought provoking and amazing visually and musically. It isn't at all a nannying look at drug addiction which it could so easily have been. The characters are likeable and their demise is disturbing. The film is about addiction in general but more specifically drug addiction, some of the drug taking scenes with the time lapse camera work and pumping music are exillarating and the more downbeat scenes with string quartet music over beats are inspiring. This film is better than pi, which was very good indeed but a struggle to watch, Pi assaulted the senses a bit much (intentionally) for me.