Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

sitaintro Guys, this movie's awesome! Think of Trainspotting, add crime and you'll got dead babies. Drugs mixed with homicide..explosive consequences. There's no much feeling, at least not human, just chemical reactions. Insanity rules. A group of friends spend a weekend together trying some American excellent drugs, that instead of making them feel better freak everybody out, facing their demons. When they realize somebody (of the group, of course) wants to kill them all it's too late. Suicide, murder, insanity. They're just young people who seek for fun. And find death. Paul Bettany has definitely the bad-guy face. He's perfect for Quentin's role. Andy Nyman (playing keith) makes up an odd character, who perfectly fits into the drug addicted setting. What can i say...don't watch this movie if you're looking for something particularly deep, this film gives a portrait of what human mind can think out when too much stimulated by violence. all taken to the limit. This is pretty much like a hallucinogenic trip. Just try it!

vampyre135 Having been an avid Martin Amis fan for many years I was understandably excited when this film came out. Although I never caught it at the cinema, indeed, I didn't know it existed until it was on television two or so years ago. The most important aspects of a film adaptation are present: the characters stayed true to those in the book, no vital points were missed out and the director took the same perspective on life and the book as Amis did. If the Marquis de Sade were to crash one of P. G. Wodehouse's house parties, the chaos might resemble the nightmarishly funny goings-on in this film. The residents of Appleseed Rectory have primed themselves both for a visit from a triad of Americans and a weekend of copious drug taking and sexual gymnastics. There's even a heifer to be slugged. But none of these variously bright and dull young things has counted on the intrusion of "dead babies". Or on the uninvited presence of a mysterious prankster named Johnny, whose sinister idea of fun makes theirs look like a game of backgammonI fear the author of the previous review assumed that this film would be a cheap horror, as I'm sure many people have owing to the somewhat dubious title. However, the term 'dead babies' was used in the book to mean 'dreary spasms of reality', the unpleasant facts of life that invariably must be dealt with sooner or later, and thus I can use this review as a platform to ward away hammer horror fans.Instead rent or buy this movie if you want an ingenious dark comedy with a kick. I loved it!

Theo Robertson A couple of days after writing about how garbage like MAD COWS and THIS FILTHY EARTH receive money while Ange , Duncan and Theo are totally ignored I had to sit through yet another British movie * that had me scratching my head as to why it received a single penny . Some people may claim that because DEAD BABIES is based upon a highly regarded novel it has an in built market but both THIS FILTHY EARTH and MAD COWS were also adapted from novels and they were an ordeal to sit through as well I had read the synopsis of the plot where a bunch of high class wasters go to a remote mansion where they're stalked by an internet cult but to be honest this isn't really how the story unravels and anyone expecting Friday THE 13TH meets THE SHINING is going to be bitterly disappointed since 90-95% of the running time is taken up with said characters taking drugs and discussing sex . And what hateful characters they are too . Not one of them is likable in any way and within minutes you'll be getting nostalgic for Stalin , Mao and Pol Pot hoping that next time someone embarks on communist democide they'll be successful in creating an egalitarian utopia . Anything that will signal the end of such decadent bourgeois meaningless that the hateful characters in this movie embark upon can only be welcomed Not content with giving us a movie where the plot is meandering and where the audience fail to connect with the characters the director continues to spoil things further by getting all clever and arty . No doubt that is to impress us so we will fall upon our knees and cry " Oh my god , what a wonderful director the way he bamboozles us with his highly artistic technique and only a worthless pleb will fail to appreciate what a god given talent this man is " . I'm sure the vast majority of people either screamed " How come my projects got turned down while crap like this didn't ? " or " WTF was the last half hour of this piece of crap all about ? " You might defend the movie by saying the original source novel was unfilmable and this makes the film unwatchable . I will agree that this movie is unwatchable * I know the IMDb classes this as an American movie but the style and faults with DEAD BABIES is uniquely British . Americans might think they've got things tough with Bush but we've got Tony Blair , not to mention DEAD BABIES , MAD COWS and THIS FILTHY EARTH . No wonder everyone is ashamed to be British in the 21st century

Jonsyko OK Some people said it was a bad adaptation of the book. I've never read the book. But as a film in itself, it's pretty cool. Entertaining.Funny. Weird.I saw this movie by chance & with no preconceptions, ... And I love it!Paul Bettany is excellent. As is the bloke from 'My Family'. It also has one the cleverest 'drug induced' effects from the audience's point of view, I've ever seen in a movie. (... only Human Traffic came close)I do wish they'd release it here on DVD. They should also release the movie's soundtrack. - Some excellent beats produced by Mr Meat Katie.Don't avoid the movie. Check it out.