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By Violet Lucca (89) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 08 May 2014

Filth's Hobbesian take on human behavior rings true but is always writ large...Sadly, write-director Jon S…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 05 May 2014

James McAvoy wallows in it in his new film, Filth…

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By Andrew Lapin (196) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 30 Apr 2014

Filth is bolstered by a gonzo performance from McAvoy, who seems determined to out-Bad Lieutenant the American Bad Lieutenants…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 24 Nov 2013

Powered by a vigorous, image-shedding lead turn from James McAvoy as a coked-up Edinburgh detective on the fast track to either promotion or…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 21 Nov 2013

James McAvoy eats up the excesses of the character, positively oozing with shameless relish as he uses his knack for fast talking and warped…

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By Frances Morton (22) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 21 Nov 2013

McAvoy, in a bad suit, rolls up his acting sleeves to play a study in deviousness and perversion and he does it brilliantly with just enough…

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By Blake Howard (505) for 2UE That Movie Show (314) on 21 Nov 2013

Auto-erotic-asphyxiation, waves of whisky, mounds of cocaine; Filth does what it says on the tin…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 20 Nov 2013

The subject matter is ripe for a bold, original, dark and funny treatment, but director Jon S…

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By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 18 Nov 2013

McAvoy is fearless in the part, jettisoning all his nice-guy cred to depict this gassy, coke-snorting, bondage-loving, manipulative movie monster…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 14 Nov 2013

Dark, subversive, chaotic and confronting, Filth seems to have been enormous fun for the cast and crew, but I'm not sure if many audiences…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 22 Oct 2013

Filth is an ambitious project but it's one that Baird takes in his stride, as his directorial intentions are triumphant in their conviction…

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By Chris Tilly (98) for IGN Movies UK (61) on 22 Oct 2013

If you aren't squeamish, Filth is a marvelously messed up festive flick that manages to be shocking, hilarious and ultimately quite poignant…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 Oct 2013

When it comes to capturing some of the gonzo, amoral, substance-fueled verve that Welsh’s novels can display, Filth can take the silver medal…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 09 Oct 2013

McAvoy played Macbeth on stage not long after acting in Filth -- and you get the sense that Robertson was the perfect preparation for stepping…

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By Kate Muir (612) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 09 Oct 2013

James McAvoy gives his best performance to date as a morally and physically decaying detective in this hallucinogenic adaptation of Irvine…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 06 Oct 2013

It feels less like a contemporary snap, more an old, dog-eared Polaroid…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 03 Oct 2013

While Sunshine On Leith will make you feel like floating away, Filth is cinema's equivalent of experiencing a heavy Scottish downpour - without…

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By Rob Daniel (202) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 03 Oct 2013

Despite the bile and misanthropy, Baird and McAvoy pull off the impossible by humanising this human cesspit, through effective flashbacks and…

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By Joe Cunningham (29) for Film4 (1,522) on 03 Oct 2013

James McAvoy steals the show with his complex portrayal of a sociopath in this deftly directed, no-holds-barred black comedy…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 02 Oct 2013

For the first half-hour it's got a full-on horrible energy, but there isn't enough humour for it to qualify as comedy, and not enough reality…

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