Trainspotting
July 1996
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Jay Boyar
Trainspotting's saving grace is that there's a heck of a lot of entertainment value in this particular form of shallowness.
Steven Rea
Trainspotting, buoyed by a great Brit Pop soundtrack and Brian Tufano's agile cinematography, captures the stoned-out, gut-churning experience of hardcore addiction with hallucinogenic acuity.
Michael Wood
The characters are without recognizable virtues, and neither they nor the movie asks us to like them. But they are full of energy and underplayed wit, endlessly picking themselves up off the filthy...
Michael Wilmington
Trainspotting is a searing pop-art portrait of a lost generation blowing out its brains. As they rail, chuckle, shout and dive into darkness, you're trapped yourself between a bellylaugh and a scream.
Richard Corliss
The film is about joy -- in conniving and surviving, in connecting with audiences, in its own fizzy, jizzy style. And that's why, compared with it, most other films look zombified.
Hal Hinson
A cocktail of scuzzy charm, nerve and despair that seduces and repulses in nearly equal proportions. It packs a jolt, all right. But it leaves you with a brutal hangover, too.
Critic reviews
Jay Boyar
Trainspotting's saving grace is that there's a heck of a lot of entertainment value in this particular form of shallowness.
Steven Rea
Trainspotting, buoyed by a great Brit Pop soundtrack and Brian Tufano's agile cinematography, captures the stoned-out, gut-churning experience of hardcore addiction with hallucinogenic acuity.
Michael Wood
The characters are without recognizable virtues, and neither they nor the movie asks us to like them. But they are full of energy and underplayed wit, endlessly picking themselves up off the filthy...
Michael Wilmington
Trainspotting is a searing pop-art portrait of a lost generation blowing out its brains. As they rail, chuckle, shout and dive into darkness, you're trapped yourself between a bellylaugh and a scream.
Richard Corliss
The film is about joy -- in conniving and surviving, in connecting with audiences, in its own fizzy, jizzy style. And that's why, compared with it, most other films look zombified.
Hal Hinson
A cocktail of scuzzy charm, nerve and despair that seduces and repulses in nearly equal proportions. It packs a jolt, all right. But it leaves you with a brutal hangover, too.
User reviews
One of my favorite movies. This movie is intense. It takes a look at heroin addiction and the aids epidemic of the early 90s. Classic movie. Heard the book is great as well.
This movie will blow your mind! I really found this movie quit riveting with it's ups and downs. I really like how Trainspotting kind of gives you a whole different outlook with "drugs" and "life." I can not tell you how many times I have watch Trainspotting and it is never dull!
The reason? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
Wow SO GOOD. I have watched this over and over. It is hauntingly good.
The best movie on earth! I watch this movie at least once a month.
Cast and credits
Actors | Ewan McGregor, Johnny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Mcdonald |
Producers | Andrew Mcdonald |
Director | Danny Boyle |
Writers | John Hodge |
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Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
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Run time
93 minutes
Rating
R
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