God moves in mysterious — some might say positively spiteful — ways in this trio of scabrous tales adapted from short stories by
Trainspotting's Irvine Welsh. "The Granton Star Cause" recounts the misadventures of shiftless layabout Boab
Coyle (Stephen McCole), who finds himself having one hell of a bad day. He's dropped from his soccer team, thrown out of his parents' house, ditched by his longtime girlfriend, arrested, and fired from his job. Just when he thinks things couldn't get worse, he runs into God (Maurice Roeves) lifting a pint at the local pub. God doesn't think much more of Boab than anyone else does and is in a position to express his contempt i...
Released:
1999
Rated:
NR
Length:
112 mins