16 Years Of Alcohol

This is a laughably pretentious film and a depressing insight into the psyche of its writer/director Richard Jobson.

The story is largely autobiographical, showing a young Scot (Kevin McKidd) who gets involved in gangs, punk rock and senseless violence.

He may sound like a nasty piece of work, but there's a justification, you see: as a child, he found out his father wasn't perfect. Ah...

The film is shot with some style, all borrowed from the likes of Godard, Kubrick, Terence Davies, Mike Leigh, and, of course, Trainspotting.

However the style is completely misapplied, consistently detracting from, rather than illuminating, the drama of the scenes.

16 Years Of Alcohol? It only feels that long.