Spun
Spun
R | 14 March 2003 (USA)
Spun Trailers

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.

Reviews
Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable
Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
SlackerRus2000 I always felt that music and drugs go hand in hand. If rock history 101 has anything to say about it, I'm sure they would agree. Spun is filled with hyper-kinetic energy and fast and frenetic characters. It is also filled with many slow and smooth songs in its soundtrack. There is something about this coupled yin and yang which translates beautifully into the best drug-centric movie I have ever seen. Several scenes, like the drive with Brittney Murphy and Jason Schwartzman, and the opening sequences where the music is so compelling I have replayed it just because it's so damn beautiful. Couple the music, with interesting and crazy characters, a fast and furious script about nothing, which is pretty much what drugs are about anyway, and you've got yourself an awesome movie that will amaze your senses. Nothing can prepare you for being spun.
Firecracka_NFB This happens to be my favorite movie of all time. A lot of people misunderstand this movie when they watch it. YES, the movie does not have a real point, but it does show you how the speed life is. This movie does a great job portraying that, better than any movie i've seen. You could categorize this movie as educational if you wanted. If you know anybody on speed and you you want to know how it's like, watch this and you'll get the picture. This is the best movie in drug cinema. There need to be more films like this.It also has a great cast. I'm surprised and disappointed to see this movie never got to the mainstream. I guess people shy from the truth.
Polaris_DiB There's a world of drug-trip movies out there, and the best thing about them is that most of them get away with an antidrug message after taking its audience through its psychedelic ride. This movie could also make some claims, but it's not so interested in that part. It's pretty much just the trip, involving colorful (some would say, ahem, "Tarantino-esque") characters and three days of meth binging.Which, by all means, makes it entertaining, even if the only characters worth half a hoot are the ones played by Jason Schwartzman and Mickey Rourke. The movie starts off with everyone just about ready to freak out and doesn't let down much afterwards, pretty much keeping pace and interest for its full runtime. Considering how easy it would be to slow down, and keeping in mind that the potential fanbase is probably just going to watch the movie when on drugs themselves, it's admirable that they maintained that kind of work ethic.Though, really, most of its all "just a bunch of hooey." (Pardon the silly expression). Rourke's monologue in the porn shop seems custom made to fit into some trivia book about the most instances of the word "pussy" in a three minute running segment. Brittney Murphy's screen time seems only to work because she's pretty and the filmmakers want her to be the ditzy pretty druggy for their audience. And the gay men at the root of the operation don't really seem to have much reason to be there except to include gay men somewhere in there (why not, right?).So yeah, it's fun, and I guess you'll feel a bit "spun" while watching it. It's kind of like the drug-trip style equivalent to the dumb-teenager comedy genre, which means it's almost custom made for any aspiring meth-addicts DVD player.--PolarisDiB
Brettbuzzkill I would like to know that song in the video on the DVD. It doesn't say who it's by. I'm guessing Los Palmas? That's the sign it shows in the beginning of the song. I really like it and would like to know more of the artist. Kinda like Mazzy Star, very melancholy but drugged up. Great performances, Mickey is really an underrated actor. I have to add more, so I love music, and I think Mr. Ackerland should really listen to the band TOOL. If he doesn't already, he'll find a lot of drama and vagueness in the song's. It would be great for a movie and or plot of such messed up, drugged up people in this great free world of ours. later, email me @ Brettbuzzkill@yahoo.com if you know the group name,thanks