Movie Review: Filth **SPOILERS**

Filth

I have to say, this was a film I wanted to see instantly, because I am a very big fan of Irvine Welsh and his amazing books from Edinburgh. I am a huge Trainspotting fan, and will gladly be going to see the sequel when it comes out in the cinema later in the year. But of course we are here to talk about Filth, about the mental state of Bruce Robertson. Read on to find out what I thought about the film and what I thought of James McAvoy's performance.

 This film stirred up alot of emotions for me when I watched it, and I have watched it many times after that and I still feel the same about this movie. 

Unfortunately I did not go to see this in the cinema, which I now regret, although at the time I am sure I had more pressing subjects I had to attend to than going to see a film. I don't often go to see films in the cinema, because I would much rather watch from the comfot of my own home than pay through the nose to sit somewhere I wouldnt be comfortable to watch it anyways.  
This film is about a policeman, who isn't always on the right side of the law in order to get where or what he would like out of life. He spends far too many hours on the job, and has lost his family as a result of this. Bruce goes through the motions of becoming obsessed with a promotion at work, he is homophobic, and stubborn and wont let anyone get in the way of his career. At the same time as all of this he is dealing with mental health issues, he is haunted by the memories of his brothers death when he was a child, and blames himself for this. 
Bruce has a best friend, who has married a woman Bruce thinks was a prostitute before she married into money, and he is hell bent on bullying his friend and making his life difficult, just because he is miserable, he has to make those around him miserable too. He annonymously prank calls his best friends wife, puts on a voice and torments her. 
He is sleeping with another of his coworkers wives, and leads her to believing that they could be with her before suddenly bursting her bubble, why? Because he can. 
Bruce takes joy out of making others unhappy, embarassed, and vulnerable. 

I feel that some of the emotions that James McAvoy can show just with his face alone, is incredible. And then you have to factor in his acting ability. I personally would say he is one of the most under rated actors around at the moment, and he is most certainly one of my favourites as I have been following his acting career since he was in Shameless!

James has stated that when Bruce threw up out of his car, that he genuinely was sick, and the directors decided to keep the scene within the film, although many other things were cut from the final edition without the general public seeing it. Apparently James drank heavily throughout the making of this film, because he wanted to be within the character so much. Ny the end of the film you can see that his mental state has deteriorated to a point that he is dressing up in his wife's clothing, just to feel close to her, and finds it so difficult to remain alive that he hangs himself. Even to this day I can still see the look on his face as he did his last act, the look of malice.

In conclusion, I would definitely give this film 5*, and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good eye opening film. James McAvoy could not have been replaced by anyone in this film - his performance was immaculate, a very well done!

Have you seen this film? Let me know what you thought in the comments below :)

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