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Original title

Spun

Year

2002

Running time

100 min.

Country

United States

Director

Jonas Åkerlund

Screenwriter

Will De Los Santos, Creighton Vero

Cast

Music

Billy Corgan

Cinematography

Eric Broms

Producer

Co-production United States-Sweden;

Distributor: Newmarket

Genre

Drama | Drugs. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

Ross (Jason Schwartzman) is an addict badly in need of some speed. A visit to his dealer, Spider Mikes (John Leguizamo)--where fellow "tweakers" Nikki (Brittany Murphy)--a stripper, Frisbee (Patrick Fugit)--a metalhead, and Cookie (Mena Suvari)--Mikes girlfriend--turns into an odyssey, though, when Mike cant find his stash. Nikki tells Ross that her boyfriend, crazed cowboy The Cook (Mickey Rourke), can supply whatever he needs. The two of them visit The Cook at his motel lab, and Ross quickly gets his fix. Ross, however, is put into service as The Cooks errand boy and chauffeur, with only brief periods of freedom to check up on the stripper girlfriend he left tied to his bed back at his apartment. Ross three days without sleep reaches a feverish head when it becomes evident that two cops (Peter Stormare and Alexis Arquette) have raided Spider Mikes pad in search of The Cook.

Critics' reviews

"If 'Spun' doesn't glamorize the world it surveys, its parade of reeling potty-mouthed clowns still exudes a kind of doomy charisma."

Stephen Holden: The New York Times
"The lack of narrative sobriety and the director’s shallow stylistic copycatting (the result is a crude mixture of Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club and The Salton Sea) is the film’s ultimate undoing (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"

Nick Schager: Slant
"Makes you want to run home and shower, but Rourke's performance gets under your skin"

Loren King: Chicago Tribune
"Another film dedicated to the idea of reproducing a druggy state of mind as acutely as possible, 'Spun' accomplishes that aim with the welcome bonus of considerable humor"

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"Has no insights, no point, no urgency and no importance"

Mick LaSalle: SFGATE
"A dark comedy about speed freaks that feels like it was directed and edited by someone in the midst of a methamphetamine jag"

Nathan Rabin: AV Club
"Leave your conscience at the door and this amoral romp soon segues into a veritable <b>Star Wars</b> of political incorrectness (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

William Thomas: Empire

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Spun

2002

Jonas Åkerlund

6.1

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