Amidst all the dropping of troosers and unbuttoning of blooses, there might well be a story going on, but you will be hard-pressed to follow it for long.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 11, 2020

A grim, intelligent and fiercely compelling film.

| Jan 11, 2018

The author of the book on which it is based, Alexander Trocchi, who died a heroin addict, was once tipped to be the Scottish William Burroughs, and the film conveys his malignant view of life pretty accurately.

| Jan 10, 2018

Watching this film, one gets the sense of a once-arresting book that couldn't get arrested today.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 27, 2014

nudity is perhaps the only intriguing element in this ponderous and torpid story about Joe (McGregor), a young drifter who takes work on a barge operated by a husband and wife (Peter Mullan and Tilda Swinton) after the mysterious death of his ex-girlfrien

| Original Score: C | May 5, 2009

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

... a sepia-toned dirge of a film, pointedly sluggish and crabbed

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jan 29, 2005

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 7, 2004

I was much impressed with this superbly performed and tightly scripted noirish period drama.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 16, 2004

Where it's disturbing is in McGregor's challenging, defiant performance...

| Sep 8, 2004

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 7, 2004

The story's drab, attention-span-testing pace makes it tough to keep wondering what dark secrets shuffle beneath the surface.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 30, 2004

A humorless and dank display of ashcan angst that leaves you wishing theater restrooms had shower facilities.

| Jun 25, 2004

A movie that delights in creating atmosphere at the expense of dialogue, and its effectiveness is testament to the genius of the performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 25, 2004

Young Adam" is a study in contrasts. It's a movie full of explicit sex scenes and almost no passion, and it's a beautiful-looking film with a very ugly soul at its center.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 25, 2004

An amoral and boring affair, beautifully filmed but empty at its core.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 25, 2004

The movie ladles out its atmosphere of quiet dread admirably, but atmosphere alone seldom makes a film watchable. This one is too sour in its attitude and vague in its ideas.

| Original Score: C | Jun 12, 2004

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 12, 2004

The filmgoing experience is just short of torture.

Full Review | Original Score: .5/4 | Jun 11, 2004