James McAvoy
Bruce Robertson
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Apr 24, 2014 · Filth: Directed by Jon S. Baird. With James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots. A corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons.
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- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Jon S. Baird
- 2014-04-24
May 30, 2014 · Filth. Watch Filth with a subscription on Hulu, rent on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Warped, grimy, and enthusiastically unpleasant, Filth lives up to ...
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- Jon S. Baird
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- James Mcavoy
May 30, 2014 · In 2014, there’s actually something mildly anachronistic about "Filth," writer-director Jon B. Laird’s adaptation of a 1998 novel by Welch. The movie’s opening credits play over a retro-lounge rendition of "Winter Wonderland." There’s a low-angle shot of what appears to be the world’s longest dressing room floor, black and white ...
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Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) is a Detective Sergeant in Edinburgh; a scheming, manipulative, misanthropic man who spends his time indulging in drugs, alcohol, sexually abusive relationships, and "the games" his euphemism for the myriad foul plots he hatches directed at workmates. Robertson also delights in systematically bullying and taking ...
- Who Is That Ghost Kid, Davie? What Happened to him?
- What’s Wrong with Bruce?
- What Happened to Bruce’s Family – Carole and Stacey? Why Did His Wife Leave?
- Who Is Dr Rossi?
- The Japanese Student’S Murder Case
- The Promotion
- Who Is Mary?
- The Gang
We’re told that Bruce was possibly a bastard child. When he was young, he and his stepbrother, Davie, went playing at the coal mountain. Bruce was an insecure kid and, in the heat of an argument with Davie, pushed him. Davie fell, got covered in coal, choked, and died.
Growing up as an insecure child, Bruce becomes a manipulative bully. Bruce takes up a detective job as it is a position of power and facilitates his bullying. As a result, Bruce is left without any true friends. He indulges in booze and drugs, and we’re also shown that Bruce is suffering from Bipolar Disorder. Additionally, Bruce has an inferiority...
It’s apparent that Carole left Bruce, and he also lost access to his daughter, Stacy. It appears that Bruce was abusive and probably even cheated on Carole. She got out and eventually married a black man. We can see how this adds to Bruce’s sexual frustration, shown explicitly in the scene where Bruce is watching porn and angrily turns it off when ...
Dr Rossi is the psychiatrist treating Bruce for his Bipolar condition. We only see one instance of Dr Rossi, the actual doctor. Bruce acts like everything is normal, and he’s making significant progress. After this, Bruce stops taking his medication, and his hallucinations become awful. The crazy Dr Rossi that we see periodically in the film is Bru...
A mugging goes wrong when a Japanese student is beaten to death by local thugs. On one of his nights dressed as Carole, Bruce witnesses the murder, and the thugs run away. The department is sincerely investigating this only because of the vast media attention the case has been getting. Bruce is handed the case and is promised a promotion if he crac...
Instead of focusing on the case, Bruce does everything in his power to discredit the other candidates for the promotion. He sleeps with a colleague’s wife and wrecks their marriage. He exposes another for being gay, which is shown to be frowned upon in the department. Clifford considers Bruce to be his best friend. However, Bruce frequently makes o...
Mary is a stranger that Bruce encounters when her husband is choking in the street. Through Mary, we are shown a sliver of goodness that Bruce still has. A part of him is apologetic for his aggressive ways. We even see this when he shouts at Amanda and immediately apologizes to her, saying he wouldn’t hit her. This scene also tells us that Bruce wa...
The girl in the gang happens to recognize Bruce to be the freaky lady they saw while beating up the Japanese student and informs the gang leader, Graeme Gorman. The group grabs Bruce on one of his cross-dressing nights, and Graeme plans to kill him. Bruce doesn’t fight them off as, in his mind, he believes he’s Carole. He even says, “My husband is ...
Filth is 21513 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 17422 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Alfie but less popular than Troubled Waters.
- 97 min
Filth. While working on a murder case, a scheming, manipulative policeman starts coming unhinged, slowly losing his grip on reality and suffering from a series of increasingly severe hallucinations as he desperately tries to hold his life together. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. While ...
