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Human Traffic
The weekend has landed.
For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina, and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning.
- Original title
- Human Traffic
- Language
- EN
- Country
- IE,GB
- Budget
- $600,000
- Revenue
- $4,000,000
CinemaSerf
Jan 5, 2025 · via TMDB
Though the story is a bit old-hat, even for 1999, there are some really energised performances to enjoy in this story of angst and frustration amongst five twenty-something friends. It's really all about poor "Jip" (John Simm) who's obsessed with not being able to get it up! Is he just so stressed to function? His best mate "Koop" (Shaun Parkes) has no such problems with his bored, burger flipping, girlfriend "Nina" (Nicola Reynolds). Then there's the misunderstood and frustrated "Moff" (Danny Dyer) and finally "Lulu" (Lorraine Pilkington) who's hitherto seemed the more grown up of the bunch, with little interest in men and their foibles. It's a Friday afternoon and skint as they are, they are set for a boozy, drug-fuelled weekend in the clubs. It doesn't start well, which requires a bit of bravado from think-on-your-feet "Jip" but then they're off! For the next ninety minutes we take turns following each of them, and their peccadilloes, as the threads gradually knit towards a denouement that's a bit predicable but that's not the point. It's the joyride leading up to it that's entertaining, foul-mouthed and fresh. It's got an authenticity to it that Simm, especially, and Pilkington positively wallow in. They are just like the rest of us were at that age - a hormonal mess of anxieties and despair mixed with a life's too short mentality and these five carry that off well. It does have a slight serious side - and I'm sure the analysts could write a book about their behavioural issues, or about the difficulties of parenting - bit that's all subliminally delivered in a maelstrom of noise, music and excess. There's some pretty shocking overacting now and again, too - but on the whole it's a good laugh.
r96sk
May 28, 2024 · via TMDB
It commits to its schtick and does a great job at nailing it, to be fair. I did like the opening portion of <em>'Human Traffic'</em> more than what followed it, though even so it's a fun time from beginning to conclusion. John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes, Nicola Reynolds and Danny Dyer are entertaining and bounce off each other well. I did not know Mr. Andrew Clutterbuck was in this, was almost shocked when he first appeared - great to see him nevertheless! Odd in a lot of ways, but basically all of which are positive. Fair play to all involved for sticking the landing, it could've been severely cringe otherwise.
zag
Jan 19, 2019 · via TMDB
One of my favorite films of all time, its a period movie describing the young party goers of the UK in the 1990's. It hits the nail on the head, the love, the empathy and the freedom of being young in a group of friends who are finding their way in the world through pure hedonism. The soundtrack is phenominal and I could real off quotes all day from the dialouge. "Any jungle in Guy!!". This is a must see for anyone who lived though this decade or anyone who didnt experience its true magic.
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John Simm
Jip
Shaun Parkes
Koop
Nicola Reynolds
Nina
Lorraine Pilkington
Lulu
Danny Dyer
Moff
Andrew Lincoln
Felix
Terence Beesley
Moff's Father
Jo Brand
Reality (voice)
Richard Coyle
Andy
Jan Anderson
Karen Benson
Carl Cox
Pablo Hassan
Howard Marks
Howard Marks
Danny Midwinter
Tyrone
Justin Kerrigan
Ziggy Marlon
Larrington Walker
Koop's Father
Philip Rosch
Jip's Manager
Menna Trussler
Lulu's Auntie Violet
Peter Bramhill
Matt
Carol Harrison
Moff's Mother
Roger Evans
Inca
Bradley Freegard
Tyler
Marat Khairoullin
Bodypopper
Nicki Davy
Jip's Ex #3
Ed Talfan
Set Dresser
Dave Bennett
Director of Photography
Justin Kerrigan
Director
Rupert Preston
Associate Producer
Allan Niblo
Producer
Emer McCourt
Producer
Pete Tong
Music Supervisor
Matthew Herbert
Original Music Composer
Glenn Freemantle
Supervising Sound Editor
Justin Kerrigan
Screenplay
Tableau d'honneur
Why Won't You Dance?
Under Water
Pulp Fiction
City of God
Paths of Glory
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
All About Eve
American Beauty
Cody: Wrong Stuff
Love, Simon
Blade Runner
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Ratatouille
Life of Brian
The Breakfast Club
McQueen
Brazil
Amores Perros
Boyz n the Hood
Billy Elliot
Training Day
Empire of the Sun
Dolls
In Bruges
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Clerks
Dirty Dancing
Shadows in Paradise
A Hard Day's Night
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
I've Loved You So Long
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Dangerous Liaisons
Veronika Voss
Big
Living in Oblivion
Irreversible
This Boy's Life
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
La Grande Bouffe
Over the Edge
Traffic
American Graffiti
Pusher
The Simpsons Movie
The Tin Drum
The Boy Turns Man
24 Hour Party People
Death at a Funeral
Ridicule
Tape
We Die Alone
Astral City 2: The Messengers
Uncle Buck
Payback
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Atlantic City
Mallrats
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
White Pop Jesus
The Four Feathers
American Pie
The Rink
2:37
Ghostbusters II
Dark Habits
He's Just Not That Into You
Bolt
Saving Grace
Beverly Hills Cop II
Get Shorty
Neandertal
Mr. Mom
Hot Rod
Meet the Feebles
Toukokuun taika
Like Rabbits
Mr. Destiny
Chiko
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Buffalo Soldiers
American Pie 2
A Life Less Ordinary
Couture
Original Sin
Beste Zeit
My Uncle Benjamin
Nasty Old People
Nightwatch
Fast Food Nation
Scénarios sur la drogue
The Other Side of the Bed
Barbarella
Harlem Nights
The Babysitters
Her Last Chance
Prime
The Nines
Four Rooms
Nico and Dani
Hot Girl Summer
Chance
In the Land of Women
The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down
Shopgirl
Married Life
Fry Day
Reno 911!: Miami
Strangers with Candy
American Pie Presents: Beta House
Earth Girls Are Easy
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Sliver
9 Songs
Maid to Order
Mouth to Mouth
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Uma Pitada de Sorte
Buying the Cow
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
The Hillside Strangler
The Bug Killer
El Calentito
Heartbreak Hotel
Tomboy
Massacre on Aisle 12
Manta - Der Film
Der kühne Schwimmer
Cake
Scarlet Diva
Glen or Glenda
Rollin' with the Nines
Killa Season
Silence Is Welcome
Wish You Were Here
Maximum Thrust
Tiptoes
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
Teenage Caveman
Charles Band's Evil Bong
Fallen Angel
Half Past Ten
The Naturalist
Pulsar
Blues
The Stop
Tuī Ná
Colineales
Soft-Spoken Weepy Cult Child
Thursday the 12th
Hello Daddu
Spearphishing 2
Spearphishing 3
Pledge Trip
Paper Tiger
Rainy Blue
Celluloid Vision
En La Cima
7 Miles Out
The Sex Act
Summer Interlude
Ben & Lucy
Flying Duo
Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
Dreams of the Moon
Trainspotting
The Gentlemen
Boogie Nights
American Gangster
Almost Famous
Big Time Adolescence
Hustle & Flow
Easy Rider
Go
Mikey and Nicky
Layer Cake
Kids
The Wrong Guy
American Honey
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Thirteen
In the Soup
Beats
Exotica
Postcards from the Edge
The Last American Virgin
The Doom Generation
The Beanie Bubble
Spike Island
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Rogue Agent
Entourage
The Wild Life
Landline
Never Goin' Back
While We're Young
XOXO
Weirdsville
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Jun 6, 1999
May 5, 2000
