Anthology of three gritty tales based on stories by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh. The Granton Star Cause follows a loser who meets a vengeful version of God, A Soft Touch sees a man married to a pregnant woman unable to recall the identity of her baby's father, and The Acid House tells of a drug addict trapped in an infant's body. Drama, starring Stephen McCole, Kevin McKidd, Michelle Gomez and Ewen Bremner
This trio of very dark tales from Irvine Welsh's anthology has a great cast (including Ewen Bremner and Kevin McKidd from the superlative Trainspotting), but these stories are too wild, weird and unpleasant to appeal to anybody other than hardcore fans of Welsh's book. Although the stories - a downtrodden teen meets God and is transformed into a fly, nice guy suffers from the neighbour from hell, and an acid-taking clubber swaps bodies with a newborn baby - all offer dramatic potential, they seem more calculated to shock and offend with graphic sex and in-your-face nastiness than to actually entertain. The cinematic equivalent of a bad trip.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Boab | Stephen McCole |
| God | Maurice Roëves |
| Kev ("The Granton Star Cause") | Garry Sweeney |
| Evelyn | Jenny McCrindle |
| Johnny | Kevin McKidd |
| Catriona | Michelle Gomez |
| Alec | Tam Dean Burn |
| Larry | Gary McCormack |
| Coco | Ewen Bremner |
| Rory | Martin Clunes |
| Jenny | Jemma Redgrave |
| Tambo | Simon Weir |
| Boab Snr | Alex Howden |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Paul McGuigan |
