Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- frenetic
- grotesque
- wickedly comic
- late night viewing
- cult movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film kinetically stylish and intermittently funny but ultimately thin, derivative, and lacking substantial insight.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film foregrounds frenetic editing and drug-altered perception across Ross's three-day ordeal.
The ensemble of dealers, users, and enablers is presented without romanticizing their lives.
The central adventure follows a chaotic three-day period after Ross is introduced to a meth-lab operator.
The film combines crime, drug use, and frenetic absurdity while maintaining an abrasive comic register.
Films like Spun, and why
Requiem for a Dream
shared drug-centered crime drama, fragmented subjectivity, and stylistic intensity
Trainspotting
shared chaotic ensemble of addicts, criminal entanglements, and grimly comic tone
Good Time
shared kinetic editing, criminal underworld setting, and darkly comic transgression
Movie Details
- Director
- Jonas Åkerlund
- Release Date
- 2003-02-07
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (550)
Cast
- Jason Schwartzman
- Mickey Rourke
- Brittany Murphy
- John Leguizamo
- Patrick Fugit
- Mena Suvari
- Chloe Hunter
- Elisa Bocanegra
- Julia Mendoza
- China Chow
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Spun about?
- A speed-fueled three-day descent turns an aimless customer, a meth cook, and a volatile circle of companions into a grimly comic carnival of addiction.
- What is Spun like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Spun as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Spun violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Spun as moderate.
- What did critics think of Spun?
- Critics broadly found the film kinetically stylish and intermittently funny but ultimately thin, derivative, and lacking substantial insight.
- Which films are like Spun?
- Films with a similar feel include Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, and Good Time.
- How long is Spun?
- Spun runs 101 minutes.
- Where can I watch Spun?
- In United States, Spun streams on Hulu.
