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Trainspotting

Starring: Keith Allen, Robert Carlyle Director: Danny Boyle
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (212 customer reviews)
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With its hallucinatory visions of crawling dead babies and a grungy plunge into the filthiest toilet in Scotland, you might not think Trainspotting could have been one of the best movies of 1996, but Danny Boyle's film about unrepentant heroin addicts in Edinburgh is all that and more. That doesn't make it everybody's cup of tea (so unsuspecting viewers beware), but the film's blend of hyperkinetic humor and real-life horror is constantly fascinating, and the entire cast (led by Ewan McGregor and Full Monty star Robert Carlyle) bursts off of the screen in a supernova of outrageous energy. Adapted by John Hodge from the acclaimed novel by Irving Welsh, the film was a phenomenal hit in England, Scotland, and (to a lesser extent) the U.S. For all of its comedic vitality and invigorating filmmaking, the movie is no ode to heroin, nor is it a straight-laced cautionary tale. Trainspotting is just a very honest and well-made film about the nature of addiction, and it doesn't pull any punches when it is time to show the alternating pleasure and pain of substance abuse. --Jeff Shannon


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A film that shows what makes heroin addictive without glorifying it, Trainspotting was one of the most popular and controversial British films of the 1990s. Exploding with morbid wit, kinetic energy, and fatalistic insight, it jolted critics and audiences regardless of whether or not they actually liked it. A twisting, riff-filled, almost plot-free story, Irvine Welsh's novel was almost unfilmable in its original form. The screen adaptation successfully streamlined Welsh's ungainly material into a slick social commentary that smoothed the book's rough edges without losing its vitriol and insight. Trainspotting is not merely about drug addiction, but about the relationship between wasted youth and the spiritually bankrupt society that has alienated them. Another of the film's great strengths was its ensemble casting of Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, and Ewen Bremner. McGregor and Carlyle, in particular, turned in star-making performances as Renton, the film's affable narrator, and Begbie, its resident psychotic drunk. Their work, and that of their co-stars, makes for such compulsively enjoyable viewing that, fittingly enough, you'll have a hard time coming down afterwards. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
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5.0 out of 5 stars At long last, the Director's Cut comes to the US, Jun 1 2004
By Martin Birdwell "ta952" (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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For some reason, the 2-disc set released in the states on June 1 features the same artwork as the previous US release - yet all the animated menus still read "Definitive Edition" as in the U.K. release. Oh well... For those of us who've been waiting since 1997 for a comprehensive, worthy DVD of Trainspotting will finally get what they've been waiting for. All nine deleted scenes, commentary, a "making-of" dohicky, and interviews with the cast (as well as Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn) are included. Trainspotting fans rejoice at last! One of the best movies of the 90's is finally brought to home video justice.
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4.0 out of 5 stars interesting, Aug 6 2008
By greatedcorn (canada) - See all my reviews
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i wasn't old enough to know this existed when it came out, but after hearing some good things about it i gave it a shot, and it was a pretty good film. i can see how it could have a cultish affect on people, it's one of those films.

it's about this guy who's a heroine addict and how he struggles with his addiction, but it isn't a depressing movie. it can be kind of funny, a sick kind of funny. it isn't a movie about how drugs are bad and how they can destroy your family and mess up your life, just about how they can mess up your life. and this is passed off as both something to pity and something to laugh at... but it is also not a light hearted movie fluffing off the issue. it is a raw look at the life of a guy who goes in and out of heroine addictions.. but doesn't really care. in his eyes it's just another aspect of his life at the moment. worth the watch.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just to Clarify.........., Aug 17 2007
By acstewart (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews
Just read around 5 or 6 of the reviews below, as somebody else noted: this film IS SET IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND! Not Ireland and most definatley not England. Somebody else had written "...in its homeland of England....". This would completeley misrepresent the film. Also, Trainspotting does not mean Heroin, Trainspotting is the title as it represents the pointlessness of taking heroin just as writing down a load of train numbers.

Rant over. Quality film, buy it or rent it!
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4.0 out of 5 stars My impressions of the blu-ray release of Trainspotting
Trainspotting

A 2009 Alliance Home Video release

Video: 1080p, 1.78:1 aspect ratio, 1h 34min
Audio: English 5.1 DTS HD-MA, 5. Read more
Published 7 months ago by C. Denison

5.0 out of 5 stars Choose Trainspotting
"Trainspotting", a classic movie that spawned a classic soundtrack, hit the big screen in 1996 and is based on Irvine Welsh's debut novel. Read more
Published on Jan 26 2007 by Craobh Rua

5.0 out of 5 stars A Strange Social Commentary For Everyone
Being too young to have seen this when it first came out, I was able to watch it on a cable channel that did not feel the need to edit anything. Read more
Published on Aug 7 2005 by Sarah

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
I love this. At first it's shocking, and yes a little difficult to understand but concentrate for a little while and you'll pick it up, it is in English afterall. Read more
Published on Jul 18 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this Movie
Trainspotting as you know stands for Heroine. With that said, the movie is about a group of young people are are hooked on it and the things that happen to them. Read more
Published on Jul 15 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars OK but not great by any measure
This is a well-executed film with lots of great images, especially using the dead baby. But it's pretty flashy in a TV commercial or music video way & after a while I found... Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by inframan

2.0 out of 5 stars Disturbed Scots
Trainspotting glorifies heroin use while it gets preachy about friendships. It appears that the Scots of Braveheart have deteriorated in a socialist country. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2004 by R. A Rubin

5.0 out of 5 stars Still holds up after all these years...
When Trainspotting was released in 1996, it took the world by storm and caused a sensation not only in its homeland of England, but in the United States as well. Read more
Published on Jun 14 2004 by Cubist

1.0 out of 5 stars why wait so long?
The laserdisc version of this film with all of these bonus features was released before DVD became a format. Why did they wait so long for this? Read more
Published on Jun 1 2004 by Ryan Pritchard

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST FILMS FROM 90s (GET THE DIRECTOR'S CUT DVD)
What an ensemble. Great actors crawl out of every cut in the film to deliver stunning performances. The film takes several non-trivial gambles in handling pithy social themes:... Read more
Published on Jun 1 2004 by Shashank Tripathi

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