Trainspotting (1995)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 52 Fresh: 46 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 8.1/10
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A brutal, often times funny, other times terrifying portrayal of drug addiction in Edinburgh. Not for the faint of heart, but well worth viewing as a realistic and entertaining reminder of the horrors of drug use.
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Synopsis: A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton, a brash, twenty-something Edinburgh junkie, and his nihilistic chums Tommy, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie. Alternately comic and... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle
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03/31/08
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Among its deeper merits is that it proves a movie doesn't have to be mean to be fresh.
08/05/07
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02/09/06
Full of repugnant junkies so unpleasant that I was hoping they'd all OD just so I could escape this torture test.
01/23/06
Trainspotting will have to go down in the annals as one of the great anti-heroin films of all time -- better than Otto Preminger's The Man With The Golden Arm, and on a par with Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy, maybe even better!
04/09/05
Put simply, Trainspotting is one of those films that gets the mixture just right. The dialogue, the music, the performances, the direction, the production values, the humor, the shock-value.
07/03/04
Danny Boyle's Trainspotting is a blast of ice-cold water across a sweaty brow; it's a lively, vibrant and pulsatingly addictive movie.
07/01/04
A pop culture sensation that drew notice to its own urgency and immediacy.
06/02/04
The most controversial film of the summer is both disturbing and exhilarating in its evocative rendering of a smackhead's chaotic universe.
05/20/03
Danny Boyle's movie achieves -- at least for a while -- the psychedelic high for which it clearly aims, but like the heroin fixes he vividly portrays, his film doesn't have much long-term impact.
01/10/03
A rarity: a highly anticipated film that exceeds - and confounds - expectations.
09/05/02
If the essence of Generation X's journey from restless youth to semiproductive maturity could be encapsulated into one film, it would be Trainspotting.
06/15/02
THE experience of watching Trainspotting -- the electric, nasty and slick descent into the milieu of young Scottish junkies -- is a little like speeding through the digestive tract of some voracious beast.
04/12/02
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Trainspotting is a singular sensation, a visionary knockout spiked with insight, wild invention and outrageous wit.
05/12/01
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