Movie Review: Spun

Spun

Brittany Murphy - Good
Mickey Rourke - Good
Jason Schwartzman - Decent
Chloe Hunter - So fucking sexy
John Lequizamo - Fucking terrible

Overall - The first mistake is the disgustingly corny voice over. "Spoof, dope, crank, creep, bomb, spank, shit, bang, zip, tweak, chard. Call it what you will. It's all methamphetamine. That's what I'm here for." Damn, wasn't that awful? What a cheap, corny way to announce your theme. Listing the different nicknames of your drug of choice? It sounds like a fucking cop wrote it, doesn't it?

It's certainly no Trainspotting but it has it's moments. Most of these moments are screwed up with editing unless you get the unrated version though. Still, it's a funny movie. There's a very surprising surprise appearance and some moments and jokes you'll never get until you've been
there. The chances are though that you'll probably enjoy the movie more if you haven't. Here's why:

A lot of people assume that a drug addict is the easiest type of role to play because all you have to do is act nutty and people call it a great performance. If you're playing a tweaker, you talk really fuckin fast and move unpredictably. If you're playing a stoner, you talk like Keana Reeves in Point Blank with the grammar of George Bush and you move very slowly. Etc. fucking etc... The truth is that with the general population you can get away with that. You can get an Oscar for that. With drug addicts if you try that shit it only exposes you for the god-aweful actor that you are. To play a drug addict you have to have done drugs, still do drugs, or be a genuinely fucking talented person. John Lequizamo therefore has no place in this movie and can lick my clitoris.