Essential viewing of the 90s

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2013)

Finally got round to watching this. Although the subject matter is much like Requiem for a Dream, it doesn't feel as dark and I enjoyed a look into the Scottish culture that the troubled youths faced. Shows just how hard it is to go off something, in this case Heroin, when you're mixed up with the wrong crew.
Ewan McGregor really really surprised me as the lead. For some reason I never thought he had that in him having only watched some of his more modern films. Loved the feel of the film that had that "This Is England" setting to it and Danny Boyle does such a good job on a small budget, which again surprised me, having watched Slumdog and 127 hours. Would put this up there with essential viewing of the 90s. All the characters were really memorable and even though the plot seems crazy, I think it's just an exaggeration of a very real problem of which I believe any of us could take something away from.