Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (10 February 1999)

Usually when a book is adapted to a film, the film can only be 80% as good as the book. Usually a book so loosely knit together like Trainspotting cannot be successfully converted to a screenplay. (See Fever Pitch) Usually hyped films disappoint.
But this is different. The film captures the essence of the book and adds some more (mainly the music). The grim life of Edinburgh heroin addicts is aptly depicted and the film is visually rich and loaded with humour.
So many parts of the films were great that it's hard to pick one particular point. But the music really stands out. Whenever I hear the songs which appear in the movie, the corresponding scenes come up in my mind (esp. "Perfect Day" in the OD scene).