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The French words for junkie are toxoman and morphinman , neither of which merits official use.
Brazil director Terry Gilliam's adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's junkie roman à clef is declared "a pointless mess" (Leah Rozen, People ). Besides the lack of a plot, critics say, there's a senselessly spinning camera meant to depict drug trips in scenes reminiscent of Andy Warhol's very worst movies.
As a coda to our conversation yesterday about the perils of technology run amok, see today's "Work & Family" column in the Wall Street Journal , in which "A Technology Junkie Learns To Live Life a Little Less Plugged in."
Sadly, otherwise abundant political sites such as Political Junkie don't embrace conversation.
Those in favor call the film "scorchingly funny" (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ) and Stiller's performance "rivetingly caustic" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Those against complain that the film is "a shallow tale told by an idiot" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ) and that Stiller's junkie character is too thoroughly unappealing for the audience to ever root for him.