Trainspotting is a thoroughly shitty movie, which isn't to say it's a bad one.
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09/01/09
Trainspotting (1995)
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Reviews Counted:54
Fresh:48
Rotten:6
Average Rating:8.1/10
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.
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,... [More]
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Director: Danny Boyle
Reviews for Trainspotting
Though dark in tone and the bulk of the humor is blacker than a raven's wing at midnight, Boyle's sense of humanity persistently creeps in around the edges.
04/02/09
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03/31/08
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
Una historia excepcionalmente narrada.
01/11/04
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
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01/23/03
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
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11/07/02
Another great movie from the guys who did Shallow Grave.
09/10/02
A rarity: a highly anticipated film that exceeds - and confounds - expectations.
09/05/02
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07/30/02
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
An uncompromising, dark and hilarious film.
06/05/02
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