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Trainspotting Reviews

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Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in economically depressed Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life otherwise lacks. Renton's two best .. Read more

Starring	Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle
Director	Danny Boyle
Genres	Drama

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Critic's review of Trainspotting
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- A dark and ironic take on young junkies at their antisocial worst, directed with terrific energy and style, a witty subversion of the usual documentary approach to such subjects, and excellently acted by its ensemble cast.
- 29733
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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- - 39
  - 5
  nothing to do with Hornby
  
  This movie takes an odd look at life, more specifically, an odd look at heroin. The dirty, desperate, colourless depiction of addicts is clear and present but ... read more »
  
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  - Fife
  - 20 Sep 2003 at 16:13
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  Trainspotting is Heart Stopping
  
  British drama's are my favourite films, such as lock, stock & two smoking barrels, Snatch, Human Traffic, The Football Factory and others. This could be... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 13 Feb 2012 at 23:42
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  Review of Trainspotting
  
  A scottish classic one of the best films to come out of the crime/drug scene.
  
  All the actors were great especially Robert Carlise he is so funny as ... read more »
  
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- 1090933
- - Gamekeeperwilly
  - 2 reviews
  - 10 Feb 2012 at 20:17
- - 0
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  The Future of Cinema
  
  Stupendous it shakes you out of your comfort zone and inspires you in ways you never thought possible.
  
  This is a different type of movie; along the ... read more »
  
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- 1059381
- - a customer
  - 06 Nov 2011 at 17:17
- - 0
  - 0
  Exciting and Dark
  
  Excellent film! If this doesn't put you off taking drugs - nothing will! Ewan McGregor plays a brilliant part and the rest of the support crew are equally ... read more »
  
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- 1056585
- - Suzycon
  - 17 reviews
  - 29 Oct 2011 at 14:46
- - 1
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  excellent film, but needs subtitles
  
  A twisting, riff-filled, almost plot-free story this is a film that shows what makes heroin addictive without glorifying it, Trainspotting is without a doubt, a... read more »
  
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- 1044364
- - bizmandan
  - 52 reviews
  - 24 Sep 2011 at 14:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Brave attempt to show drug users lives.
  
  An extraordinary film in that it makes you like and care about the main characters even though they are mostly drug - users who you wouldn't give the time ... read more »
  
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- 1041611
- - Lovecraft
  - 3 reviews
  - 17 Sep 2011 at 09:49
- - 0
  - 0
  Forget Moonwalking
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  I love this film when the Baby is walking on the Ceiling, For me an unforgettable Scene from a brilliant Film....
  
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- 1039299
- - Cottonlane
  - 2 reviews
  - 11 Sep 2011 at 01:09
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  - 0
  "Choose Trainspotting"
  
  All in all, a very good movie, but I can’t help wishing I was 10 years younger when I watched it so that I could truly appreciate how ground breaking, ... read more »
  
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- 1024995
- - MickeyOnePunchONeil
  - 23 reviews
  - Belfast
  - 03 Aug 2011 at 21:10
- - 0
  - 0
  Epic Piece of film making
  
  This film is epic. One of my all time favorite films. The cast is perfect and it has a good humour to serious stuff ratio. Absolutely fantastic story line and I... read more »
  
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- 996277
- - SidneyPoison
  - 3 reviews
  - Ferryside
  - 23 May 2011 at 20:22
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  - 0
  WHATS NOT TO LIKE - UNLESS YOUR A SMACK HEAD
  
  MODERN CLASSIC - WAS TREMENDOUS AT THE TIME OF RELEASE AND STILL GREAT FILM NOW 5 STARS WOULD GIVE IT MORE IF I COULD
  
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- - mcgarrigal
  - 30 reviews
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 12 May 2011 at 10:05
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- - 39
  - 5
  nothing to do with Hornby
  
  This movie takes an odd look at life, more specifically, an odd look at heroin. The dirty, desperate, colourless depiction of addicts is clear and present but ... read more »
  
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- 140
- [Highly rated reviewer]
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  - Fife
  - 20 Sep 2003 at 16:13
- - 26
  - 8
  Everyone should see this cult film...
  
  ... but not everyone will like it. I hated this film, I'm not a fan of films of this nature - but it's a cult film that everyone should see at some ... read more »
  
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- 154804
- - Francis Houseman
  - Autumn Falls, England
  - 29 Sep 2005 at 12:11
- - 17
  - 3
  pants
  
  err....
  
  i know the hype, but what a disgusting film..!
  
  paint drying and colonic irrigation spring to mind for things to do instead of ... read more »
  
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- - sean lee
  - bedford, england
  - 10 May 2007 at 15:54
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  On the run
  
  Being addicted to Heroin is like beeing on the run all the time. Running away from fear and the past, and running for more dope and escape. Like a dog trying to... read more »
  
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- 294102
- - borealis
  - london
  - 25 Oct 2003 at 07:41
- - 21
  - 14
  WHAT WAS ALL THE HYPE ABOUT?
  
  What was all the hype about?? Please tell me...someone. A waste of 2 hours. Boring. I'd rather go trainspotting then watch this trash again.
  
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- 94494
- - James Spurr
  - Herts, UK.
  - 20 Apr 2005 at 01:59
- - 15
  - 0
  well written well played
  
  well written well played how dark can this sort of life be well in this film your put in the picture of a dark path that spits you to hell. Shocking but truth ... read more »
  
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- 956958
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - johndave
  - 2 reviews
  - hammersmith
  - 25 Jan 2011 at 11:19
- - 12
  - 0
  EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT
  
  EXCELLENT WOW A HONEST A FILM AS YOU WILL EVER SEE STILL FRESH EVEN TODAY NOW A CLASSIC A DARK VIEW TO A DRUG FUELED WORLD.
  
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- 957481
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - carolineburn
  - 2 reviews
  - GT Yarmouth
  - 26 Jan 2011 at 19:53
- - 11
  - 2
  Junkie
  
  I ordered this as it is something of a 'talked about' title, After a few minutes of watching pathetic junk-heads being pathetic junk-heads, I couldn&#... read more »
  
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- 477599
- - AReviewer
  - 40 reviews
  - Leicester
  - 20 Sep 2007 at 21:11
- - 11
  - 2
  This is a Wonderful and Powerful film
  
  Easily one of the best British films I have ever seen. It mixes the harrowing subject matter with deft style and brilliant comedy. Many reactionaries have ... read more »
  
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- 295320
- - mrsmithers
  - London
  - 18 Nov 2003 at 16:56
- - 11
  - 3
  Trainspotting
  
  This is only a bonus disc so only get it if you require some specific or more detailed information about the film. Otherwise, waste of time
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 09 Jul 2005 at 02:43

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Critics' reviews
- A dark and ironic take on young junkies at their antisocial worst, directed with terrific energy and style, a witty subversion of the usual documentary approach to such subjects, and excellently acted by its ensemble cast.
- 29733
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
- "...A dark, Tarantino-style humor courses through its veins...This hip rave-up is zippily entertaining....Ewan McGregor delivers his needle-sharp narration with raw charisma" -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
- 6773
- - USA Today
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...A larkish black comedy, paced like a Beatles musical yet grounded by the charming misanthropy of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel....[With] a starmaking performance from Ewan McGregor..."
- 6770
- - Film Comment
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "Scabrous, brutal and hip, TRAINSPOTTING is a CLOCKWORK ORANGE for the '90s....[The] performances are terrific at all levels..."
- 6774
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- A shocking, painfully subjective trawl through the Edinburgh heroin culture of the 1980s, Irvine Welsh's cult novel is... read more on Time Out
- 42812
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
- "...The lasting after-effect of watching TRAINSPOTTING is a sense of exhilaration..."
- 6772
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton (Ewan McGregor), a brash twenty-something Edinburgh junkie, and his nihilistic chums Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Tommy (Kevin ...

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  Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in economically depressed Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life ...