One of my all-time favorite comedies, although a somewhat "dark" one.

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 2000)

I'm still not sure how the title "Trainspotting" relates to the story, but this is one of my favorite comedies and I rate it 9 of 10. It deals with some rough subjects - hard drug use, HIV, premature death, theft, bloodshed. But the movie in a great sense is about the attempts of one main character to go straight and "choose life", but his 4 dastardly friends end up making that very, very difficult.
It starts in Edinburgh, moves to London, then back to Edinburgh. The situations and dialog generally are very well written and performed. You have to have a sick sense of humor, like I do, to appreciate this scene, but the one where he ends up in the "worst toilet in Scotland", then realizes he has to retrieve his suppositories, is just great!
You really have to appreciate British humor to like this film. I found it much, much better than "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels."