A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.
"Filth" lives up to its title and then some, but a no-holds performance by James McAvoy is reason enough to watch.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
5 Jun 2014
fresh:
Credit the filmmakers with descending persuasively into the swampy squalor of a diseased mind. If you're in the mood to go there with them, Filth offers an indecently bracing wallow.
– Bob Mondello,
NPR,
30 May 2014
rotten:
I'm not sure I can recommend the movie, but this actor and this performance are something to behold.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
30 May 2014
rotten:
Viewers hungry for a catch-all dose of Welshian sardonicism would be better served checking out Trainspotting. Better soundtrack, for one.
– John Semley,
Globe and Mail,
30 May 2014
fresh:
Unlike Jude Law's similarly offensive title character in Dom Hemingway, McAvoy is given a far better story to work from.