Great adaptation of a stellar piece of writing!

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2000)

This is a great adaptation of Irvine Welsh's fantastic novel. The book contains a lot more than is in the movie, but when it was adapted to film, Welsh and the screenwriter[s] somehow managed to lose none of the tone. The actors do a great job of capturing their characters and the inherent wit shines through the tense, shady and disturbing situations. Great adaptation of a stellar piece of writing. As for the book, American readers may have initial difficulty with the book as it is written in vernacular--don't let that dissuade you from finishing it, though. Just read the first two chapters aloud, or something...anything...and you'll thank your lucky stars that you've been allowed to have the kind of reading experience you get from Trainspotting.