Choose drugs, watch the movie, and choose again.

Rating: 9/10 (30 April 2016)

The movie tells us the story of Renton, who's a heroin addict, and want to quit the habit, but his will fail several times in the movie.
I thought this one was going to be a non-watchable-depressing- Requiem-For-A-Dream-British-movie, and I was so wrong. There was just one thing of the movie I never get, the The Worst Toilet In Scotland scene, it was masterfully disgusting, but I didn't really get the point of Renton swimming in an ocean-like toilet. I figured it was some kind of metaphor, but honestly, I didn't understand it. Might be my mistake or the movie's.
Anyway, when you compare this one to Requiem For A Dream, you realize there's no reason for doing it. Especially when it comes to the elements the movie use to invoke the viewer's feelings. In here, you sympathize with the characters, you expect them to climb out from their holes of addiction, and you have hope (or at least with the main character). You even, somehow, believe they (or he) don't have a problem because Rent managed to quit his habits. The movie gave me a clear message: choose your path and your actions, but considerate this movie, when the drug-use decision come.
Considering the message the movie wanted to give, and the message actually given, I'll score it with 9 out of 10. I feel the movie didn't go too deep into realism of the drugs use, but gave us a masterfully written and very important lesson: DON'T USE DRUGS, CHOOSE LIFE.