Brilliant film. A must-see

Rating: 9/10 (26 March 2000)

Well acted, well directed and very thought provoking.
The film shows the horrors of a drug-ruled life. The worst being the death of the baby through starvation while everybody was tripping on heroin. And what do they do when they discover th body? Get high again!
The swearing is bad but maybe true to life of the scum that this film depicts, especially the nasty Begbie who lives to hurt others. It's a pity he never gets what is coming to him.
Renton (Ewan McGregor) is a strange character. First hooked on heroin, then gets clean, then gets hooked again (by choice) then gets clean in a horrid enforced drying out as he's locked up at home be his parents (how they put up with him is amazing).
Other memorable scenes are the swim through the toilet (see it, then you'll understand) which made me want to vomit at the start. The schoolgirl, showing how what you see is not what you get, sometimes.

9/10