No holds barred.

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 2004)

"Trainspotting" is one of the strongest and best movies of the nineties. The subject deals with skag addicts in the most realistic of ways. Their is feel to this movie that make it look like a documentary. That's probably a reason for people to hate it. The common man these days is just to fueled up on Hollywood and the happy-go-lucky movies and don't want to see the terrible problems that exists in our world. This is indeed a pretty graphic movie but this full on style suits me perfectly.
The slick camera work and editing makes "Trainspotting" reach a higher level and a solid cast helps it too. Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle are really good and adds dimension and depth to their characters.
This movie was a great success in Europe, particularly in UK but was never big in USA. Many critics say that this is because "Trainspotting" is glorifying heroin but it's actually pretty obvious that it doesn't. The atmosphere is dark and you can see how the characters suffer when they abuse the drug.
"Trainspotting" is a must see, and you ought to rent it right now.
9/10