Shocking and riveting

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 2000)

This ranks as one of the year's best movies. Those who have read my other posts will know that I am a big fan of Brit films. I didn't expect the movie to be quite so crass and sexual, and brought a squeamish religious girl to watch it on out first date!
There is a lot of 'disgusting' imagery here, but all that adds up to a movie that is realistic in portraying what these addicts must be seeing and going through during their 'up' and 'down' times. It is refreshing to see a movie that is quite frank about these topics of drug abuse, yet is not preachy about it. Really humourous stuff, especially the thick Scottish accent, which makes it hard to follow at times (there are subtitles), but somehow enhances the enjoyment of the film. Fast-paced at times, slow-moving when it needs to be. Surely one to keep in the home video library.