A Great Movie About the Ups and Downs of Heroin

Rating: 9/10 (28 August 2005)

This movie jumps out of the gate and doesn't stop once it's started. However, it isn't all good. The movie shows what some drug addicts go through in their daily lives.
The actors do a very good job bringing their characters to life. Ewan McGregor is very good as the center of attention for the movie, but the other actors are great as well. Especially, Jonny Lee Miller as a fellow heroin addict who is obsessed with Sean Connery. Also, Robert Carlyle as their pretty much psychotic friend who doesn't touch the stuff. They have other friends who are just as good, but they don't appear as much as those three in the movie.
The movie is also presented is a visually provocative way. You can probably credit Danny Boyle for that. There are two very memorable scenes that take place in "the worst toilet in Scotland," and when Ewan's parents try to help him get off the junk.
Don't be put off by it just because it's foreign or because it's about drugs. Give it a shot and you will be greatly rewarded.