I get the feeling Irvine Welsh made this just to take the mick out of McGee... and Nick Moran fell for it. Embarrassingly awful, even when viewed as a kind of 'meta' in-joke for all of us who love these bands. This feels like Spud's fever dream rather than an a useful depiction of what is a genuinely fantastic story.
The bands have really been done dirty... Kevin Shields comes off like a pathetic idiot, Innes' Hep C/missing kidney got more air time than Screamadelica, and I probably could have done a better Reid brother impression than either of these kids. And don't get me started on the Gallaghers. It's cheap as hell, the acting is awful on the whole, the sound mixing is dreadful (I had to wear headphones to hear the dialogue properly), the attention to historic detail is completely off. What the hell was that 'introduction to ecstasy' scene? Could someone who was actually there have advised, or are their memories all so mashed by all the drugs and booze that THIS is how they remember Acid House?! Why Welsh and Moran felt a saccharine 'wrap up' of McGee's relationship with his dad was appropriate is also beyond me.
Before the film was released I heard McGee being interviewed on 5 Live... he suggested none of his artists would have come to the premiere of they had one... and Colin Murray admitted everyone else he'd contacted for comment on the film had refused. Now I understand why.
The bands have really been done dirty... Kevin Shields comes off like a pathetic idiot, Innes' Hep C/missing kidney got more air time than Screamadelica, and I probably could have done a better Reid brother impression than either of these kids. And don't get me started on the Gallaghers. It's cheap as hell, the acting is awful on the whole, the sound mixing is dreadful (I had to wear headphones to hear the dialogue properly), the attention to historic detail is completely off. What the hell was that 'introduction to ecstasy' scene? Could someone who was actually there have advised, or are their memories all so mashed by all the drugs and booze that THIS is how they remember Acid House?! Why Welsh and Moran felt a saccharine 'wrap up' of McGee's relationship with his dad was appropriate is also beyond me.
Before the film was released I heard McGee being interviewed on 5 Live... he suggested none of his artists would have come to the premiere of they had one... and Colin Murray admitted everyone else he'd contacted for comment on the film had refused. Now I understand why.