Spun Spun

the ultimate speed freak's tale.

Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up with his old girlfriend, Amy.

Jason Schwartzman Mickey Rourke Brittany Murphy John Leguizamo Chloe Hunter Patrick Fugit Mena Suvari Eric Roberts

drama indie comedy crime

101 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Evan Daniels

    Review by Evan Daniels ★★★★

    Completely fucking insane (and sometimes unnecessarily so) and often times aimless, but somehow I loved Spun. It takes a lot of inspiration from Requiem for a Dream yet remains its own original entity. This was more of a dark comedy than anything - I found myself laughing on multiple occasions. The characters are awesome - even the tiny ones were memorable (Josh Peck as Fat Boy with one line). The two girls at the gas station were amazing... even fucking Taco was amazing. The movie is a complete clusterfuck and the editing is headache-worthy, but it's all just a fun style over substance movie. I'm honestly shocked that this hasn't reached cult status yet.

  • Kierre Stowes

    Review by Kierre Stowes ★★★★½

    April's Dirty Dozen-April 11th

    Spun-Rotten Tomatoes 37%

    Is a great comedy about meth addicts. I understand why this film make have received such a low score as it really isn't for everyone and is very over the top. It is basically a day in the life (or maybe a couple of days) of a group of tweekers doing tweeker shit and it is funny as hell! Also very rated R!

  • Threepwood

    Review by Threepwood ★★★½

    What the hell ... Just Sick! And disgusting! And good!

    These Hip-Hop-monatges or whatever reminds me of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM ... A good way, to show a spun I think.

  • Forrest Ellsworth

    Review by Forrest Ellsworth ★★½

    It never fully slithered under my skin like I think it wanted to. I felt a strange distance from everything; the characters, the story, the oh so hip editing. Everything felt manufactured and artificial, much like the copious amounts of meth in the film. The only reason I gave it two and a half stars instead of just regular two is because the "Always" song at the end was very pretty.

    GET SPUN YO.

  • pryan

    Review by pryan ★★

    Tries too hard to create the visual experience of tweaking. A strong ensemble cast can't make sense of a film that can't quite tell us why it exists.

  • Ben Trout

    Review by Ben Trout ★★

    Spun, with it's 70s-emulatin', overexposed film stock and folksy soundtrack, is at times sweepingly happy, though it's never long before being permeated with heavy doses of melancholy (and infinite sadness). It eventually falls on its side, heavy with a vision that purports to - yes, for the thousandeth time - duplicate the mixed up world of drug addicts (this time speed freaks); Instead, Spun seems to be exploiting drug addiction as a means for all sorts of cinematic whirligigs and eye poppers. That it is never boring means that - not in vain - it actually seems to carry on with the attitude that it is somehow proud to be using a social issue as a stepping stone to excite…

  • hella

    Review by hella ★★★

    mickey your face looks really weird man!

    wtf happened to you? you were hot in angel heart

  • 790

    Review by 790 ★★★★

    A fun messed up movie.

  • Thirdi Canggi

    Review by Thirdi Canggi ★★★★

    Hilarious!