A fantastic gritty British film

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2017)

With the sequel coming out very soon I knew I had to watch trainspotting and this is a truly fantastic unique film. The premise of the film sees a guy try to get clean from drugs which is proved hard due to his addiction and his bad influence friends. This was the film that truly put Ewan McGregor on the map as he is truly amazing in this film, he gives some truly memorable monologues that will stick with you as the film goes on and after it as well. He has the best character development in this film and he is the guy we root for even though he does some questionable things in this film. Robert Carlyle plastic begdbie in this film and he is really fun to watch as he clearly shows his anger problems in pretty funny if not disturbing ways. The characters of spud and sick boy aren't given loads of time to develop but they are fun to watch and the chemistry between all the characters is really good and easy to watch. The story has a good journey of McGregor's character as he develops throughout the film as you see his character progression. However,there are some pointless story arcs in this film such as McGregor's romance that ends up not being resolved and comes across as a bit of a waste of time. The script is absolutely fantastic with some brilliant dialogue and character interactions that make these characters really interesting and fun to watch. The style of this film is very unique and a bit bizarre at times but it works for this film. The style has a really low budget but it works as Danny Boyle uses Evey trick he has to make this film as memorable as possible. Overall this is a fantastic film that does make me excited for the sequel.