i get lure by the title . i be expect an insightful and intriguing journey into alcoholism and instead i get a rather boring and uninspiring story about a rowdy scot . the lead character isn not give much psychological depth and unless you be willing to classify cheesy teen like poetry a psychology . it be a shame and because the core of the story could have be good and with a good effort to depict the inner feeling of a man who have to live with alcohol and violence since his youth . sadly and the general idea seem to be more like i be the way i be because that the way i be . and the laughingly bad attempt at give some sort of poetic edge to a low class man make thing even bad . resort to the overused cliché of the poète maudit reek of a quick fix and a cheap way to make a dull movie seem smart and artsy and meaningful . but 16 year of alcohol isn not much smart and artsy or meaningful . the lead character doesn not evolve at all and and the feeble attempt of change fails without a good explanation . just like the initial attempt happen rather out of the blue . the movie borrow heavily from classic such a a clockwork orange and trainspotting and but it ultimately fail to recapture their greatness and not even for a few second . jobson put too much emphasis on the artistic side of the story and and neglect the rest and give u a movie which be pleasant to the eye but insipid to the brain .