Human Traffic
(1999)
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The real story of youth in the nineties is this : chemicals, clubs, bars, pubs, pushing the vinyl, blagging the guest list, mobile phones, trainers, combats, care-less, monged, mashed, sorted, safe. And here it is in all its pupil-dilated, teeth grinding, club-hopping glory. The weekend has well and truly landed... |
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Director Justin Kerrigan's debut movie is a valiant attempt to put across the atmosphere of Britain's club scene. It follows the fortunes of five friends who go out on a lost, drug-and-drink-fuelled weekend in the dance halls of Cardiff. Jip (John Simm) can't get it together with girls and confides in friend Lulu (Lorraine Pilkington) as their night out turns into two days of frenzied rave-up. Trainspotting it isn't, but the spirited acting from the talented youngsters and the inspired visuals, which come out of the screen like a chemical rush, combine to make it a fascinating social commentary.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Energetic youth movie, using lurid fantasy sequences and stylistic excesses of one sort and another to duplicate the druggy experiences of its characters.