Revolting

Rating: 3/10 (3 April 2009)

This rambling film looks at Scottish teens doing drugs. There isn't much of a plot. The teens sit around shooting heroin and talking about mostly uninteresting things in thick accents laden with Scottish slang. There are some repulsive scenes, such McGregor sticking his hands into the filthiest toilet in Scotland right having done his business and before flushing it. We are also treated to blood-splattering violence and scenes of needles penetrating the skin. While Boyle displays an interesting visual style, it is not clear what the point of this film is. It's either glorifying drugs or saying that drugs are bad. Either way, it does not qualify as entertainment.