Detailed, explicit, brilliant

Rating: Null/10 (13 January 2003)

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This is a brilliant film that shows not only the 'up' side of drug addiction, but the terrible consequences. Starting out quite 'mellow' it doesn't show the real dangers of drug addiction, but as the film progresses it starts to dig deeper into the unknown and the horrific consequences of everyone's actions. The scene where they discover the girl's dead baby was awful to watch the first time - but then again it does happen. That's what this film is all about - it's showing things that really do happen to people who use drugs. And shows how hard it is to break the addiction.

Ewan McGreggor was fantastic in this - I think this was one of the first films that I ever saw him in. I can still watch his toilet diving scene over and over and still find it funny.