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Human Traffic
Five twenty-something friends spend a drug-fueled weekend in Cardiff, Wales.
Release : | 1999 |
Rating : | 7.1 |
Studio : | Irish Screen, Fruit Salad Films, |
Crew : | Art Department Assistant, Art Direction, |
Cast : | John Simm Shaun Parkes Nicola Reynolds Lorraine Pilkington Danny Dyer |
Genre : | Drama Comedy |
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Very well executed
Just what I expected
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Patchy but had its moments of quality without a doubt. Very good, released and quite brave performance from the lead John Simms who was well cast in this role of a somewhat unlikely kind of romantic hero managing in the end to overcome his sexual worries. The scene he has with Koop towards the latter part of the film is especially good as they stare, drug-addled and fascinated looking down at a table. The film did have its cringe-worthy moments (perhaps the Alternative National Anthem being one) but it's saved by other moments of clever insight into Human interaction such as the scene where Jip has to talk to a guy who he admits isn't actually an unpleasant person but he just doesn't like him and the dialogue, direction and performances perfectly convey the thoughts that have run through everyone's head at some stage in life when we are desperate to extricate ourselves from a strained conversation which we wish we hadn't had to enter into in the first place. Justin Kerrigan pops up again (as is his way) in the role of Ziggy Marlon and gives one of the best cameo performances in the whole film.
It takes a lot for a movie to reach the already numb particles of my brain which have not already been tapped out due to the overcharge and redoredoredocopycopycopy world of movies. But this movie has made it onto my 'Magic Movies' list. To become a 'magic movie', it must leave every string of my being quivering in that which I can only define as 'bliss' and 'complete satisfaction'. This movie has tapped into the fibers of how my mind thinks and if not for the deeply personal bond my head and the head of whoever made this shares, it would look like another 'dead rave scene' movie from back when the 90's exploded with its Ecstasy craze. This is not how the movie came off to me at all. It's reached into me and pulled up something that I thought was dead for a very long time and pushed me as far as to give it a critique of my own. I forgot how long it's been since I've seen something that left me feeling this good inside. I strongly suggest seeing this movie.
If I wouldn't have had any expectations of this film, it might have received a 5 or 6. As it stands, I give it a 3. The acting is poor, the factual accuracy of the drugs it discusses is lacking, and I feel no empathy whatsoever for the characters.I watched 'Adam & Paul' immediately before watching this film, and I both laughed and cried on several occasions. This film did not strike even a similar chord. The directors of 'Human Traffic' may have some off-hand experience of ecstasy, but there is no demonstration of actual drug-related semantic knowledge here. In fact, I find it rather offensive and contraproductive to the strife of making current drug laws less politically oriented.Watch 'Requiem for a Dream' if what you're looking for is an amazing, touching film about drugs.
Entertaining drug filled feel good film with a taste of a quite innocent scenery.First off i felt like this could be sort of a cheesy flick due to the content. Drugs, parties, teens/semi-adults, relations. Hmm, didn't appeared as a really original plot. But that doesn't matter because of the actors. It's a great mix of different personalities and their friendship is portrayed in a very natural way.Not to be forgotten: the well produced soundtrack that accompanies the good efforts of the actors and adds an extra star to my review.This flick is a typical Sunday-night-flick. When the anxiety is at it's peak this flick can be your Saviour...Enjoy :)