SYNOPSICS
Meth Head (2013) is a English movie. Jane Clark has directed this movie. Lukas Haas,Blake Berris,Necar Zadegan,Wilson Cruz are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2013. Meth Head (2013) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
Kyle Peoples never wanted to be the man he has become in his 30s, an accountant stuck in a dead end job, with a lover who is more successful than he and a family that doesn't get him at all. So when a night of partying leads to a new family of friends and fun, Kyle sees an opportunity for escape from reality. But Kyle's new friendship with Maia and Dusty and the trio's love of crystal meth eventually cost Kyle his job, his companion, his home and his family. Kyle's escape becomes his trap, the party is an illusion and the crystal is slowly killing him, physically and psychologically. When he finally bottoms out and is no longer the young man his father once boasted about with pride, Kyle must choose: life or meth.
Meth Head (2013) Trailers
Same Actors
Same Director
Meth Head (2013) Reviews
'Meth Head' Delivers a Realistic Portrayal of Meth Addiction and its Effects
Kyle is a loving partner, brother, and son. He has dreams of having his own interior design company and plans to marry his partner Julian. All Kyle's plans come to a halt after he is introduced to crystal meth one night. Slowly after, Kyle's life and everything in it begins spiraling out of control. Based on true events, Meth Head is a really eye opening experience. Jane Clark weaves a story about meth addiction without making it solely factual and focuses mostly on the deep emotional character journeys. Kyle isn't a man without issues. While he has a job and partner, Kyle is still desperate in seeking his father's approval, a politician who isn't supportive of his son's life. Lukas Haas plays Kyle, the meth addict and main character. Haas gives Kyle some great characteristics which make him vulnerable and sympathetic regardless of the mistakes he makes. It is sometimes painful to watch his meth addicted performance because of the glimpses of normality Haas portrays in the very beginning of the movie. The scenes near the very end are the most heart wrenching of Haas's portrayal. He is alone and weakening and the actor really delivers the fear and panic without being unnecessarily over the top. Luke (AKA Dusty) is one of the stand outs in the film. He's the dealer who initially introduces Kyle to meth. Somehow, there's a youthful innocence about him. Blake Berris portrays him as an addict who loves the drug but one who never sees his life spiraling so out of control. Dusty's easy friendship with Kyle is simple and co-dependent. Berris depicts Dusty as a man who doesn't really have anything left and whose addiction leads him to a very painful place. Berris's performance is understatedly powerful. Necar Zadegan plays Maia, the third member of the meth trio. Also an addict, Maia lost her daughter to social services for being an unfit mother and takes care of her grandmother who lives with her. Out of the three of them, Maia seems like the most balanced mentally regardless of her addiction and everything going on in her life. She somehow holds the group together. Zadegan portrays Maia in an almost mature way. Zadegan shows us through her eyes and reactions that she knows she's making mistakes but continues to use meth because it seems like the only thing keeping her from falling apart. Zadegan really uses her body language to portray Maia's inner turmoil. Wilson Cruz plays Julian, Kyle's partner. Cruz's portrayal of Julian is one of equal parts patience and frustration. Julian wants the best for Kyle and tries to help, but when things get out of control Julian shies away from pushing too hard for Kyle to see the error of his ways. With only the grim tug of his lips Cruz lets us know how hard Kyle's meth addiction is on Julian. The supporting actors (Scott Patterson as Kyle's father comes to mind specifically) do a great job of adding to the story while letting the focus be on Kyle and his journey through his addiction. With wonderful portrayals and a well written story, Jane Clark really brings home a powerful message while staying true to the emotional story of the characters. "Meth Head" is a well told and hypnotizing film from start to finish. The journey through addiction is well thought out and extremely realistic. The movie is hard to watch at times only because it takes the characters to very dark and harrowing places. "Meth Head" is sad and tragic. Writer/director Jane Clark chooses to tell the story in a gritty and blunt manor that serves the purpose of informing and acknowledging the addiction to meth and the people it affects.
Unrealistic and unappealing
This is a movie about meth addiction fully approved by the current narrow minded LGBT regime. It is completely unrealistic and boring. From the get go, we never see the good times on the metamphetamine highs. It is just one big depressing lecture on "drugs are bad for you" laid on so thick, it's patronising. It's all about the "decent" family and friends, and all emphasis put on their worries. They never for one second realise that it is their mediocrity that turns the protagonist into a meth junkie in the first place. And honestly, the wispy latino boyfriend is so annoying, it would turn anyone into a crackhead. I would find it very odd that a gay man addicted on meth, doesn't hang round gay buddies to go out with and to have sex with. Where are the parTy scenes? Instead we find him hanging about in a very weird house in a situation that is utterly convoluted. Neither is it very believable that the Luks Haas character would be able to prostitute himself, with those haggard looks, when there is thousands of better looking guys whoring themselves out for free for a bit of Tina. That is the real L.A. gay scene, not this PC crap. I stopped watching halfway through, because this film has no redeeming qualities at all. If you actually want to watch a gay film about meth, and enjoy it, then watch (Circuit) instead.
so impressed with "Meth Head"
I'm blown away with meth head, iv been trying to find the words all night but, nope lol, i was drawn in, hook line and sinker, within the first 5 minutes, i am impressed with how you managed to capture all aspects of life, when it comes to the addict, the way it affects everyone around the addict,,, i went from sister of addict, to addict selling myself for meth, losing every thing because of what i became while i was using, my family, husband, kids, to recovered addict, and now i am having to watch one of my kids playing with meth, i also have a 77 yr old man living with me that i took in as he was being abused and neglected by a meth head, ( my daughters ex boyfriend ), so you can see why i can relate to your movie so well,, amazing ,,, just amazing,,, I'm standing and applauding you and your crew, thank you for shearing your story, it is a brave thing to do and it is going to make a difference :) Angie
So raw, so powerful, so brilliant
Based on true stories Meth Head cleverly takes you into the downward spiral of drug use, not glorifying it at all. We all have a little or even a lot of Kyle in us which makes this movie even more powerful. Lucas Haas is outstanding in the lead role showing a boyishness & gentleness that is impossible not to like, as does Blake Berris, in fact the whole cast deliver sterling performances. Director Jane Clark has done a superb job with everything about this movie, & the haunting music of Curt Smith compliments the scenes it covers. Do yourself a favour & see it, especially if you have teenage kids that might think Meth is okay after shows such as Breaking Bad.
Bleh Head
Started out okay with Lukas Haas trying out something really different to his previous characters he's played playing an effeminate gay man and managing pretty good at avoiding to look as a stereotype. But it gets fairly obvious fairly soon that the plot really isn't gonna go anywhere. I kept looking at the time-bar to see how much more of this I had to take unfortunately most times it seemed like far too much so I actually ended up putting the laptop on and multitasking cause it was just a hassle to just sit and watch this film which boring is a understatement. So felt a bit cheated as there is some obvious manipulation of the rating system. 49.8 % of the (current) ratings are 10/10. If you watch this movie you will undoubtedly see that no sane person (who wasn't involved with the film) would rate this a 10/10 which is the masterpiece rating. And if you look at the other raving reviews you'll see that not a lot of them have rated many other (if any) films than this one, and 2 of them that have have only rated and raved about one other movie and that is 'Crazy Bitches' another movie by the same director as this. These are typical signs of a fraudulent rating, so that is why it's currently so high. If you take away all the 10's which are arguably fake the rating would end up being something like 4.0/10 and not the current 6.7/10 and that's a far more reasonable rating for it. The soundtrack was alright though so there's always that.