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Trainspotting (1995)

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Reviews Counted:40

Fresh:22

Rotten:18

Average Rating:3.4/10

Consensus: 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

Genre: Dramas

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,... 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 off-putting, the film ultimately comes down to Renton's choice between self-destruction or life. The stellar soundtrack should not be missed. [More]

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly MacDonald, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo, Eileen Nicholas

Director: Danny Boyle

Director: Danny Boyle
Screenwriter: John Hodge

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Apr 7, 2009

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

  • Region 1
  • Widescreen - 1.78

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  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, French
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • DTS HD Master Audio - English, French
 
 
 
 

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The script they worked with gives an honest portrayal of drug addiction that's neither glamorized nor demonized, it just presents it as is.

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04/07/08
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Ryan Keefer
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It's as if Boyle entered the mind of a junkie, ripped out the catacombs of hallucination and poured them whole onto celluloid.

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06/22/04
Todd Gilchrist
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Trainspotting was the real shot in the arm (pun intended) that the British film industry needed in the mid-90s.

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