It's on my "mandatory" list

Rating: 9/10 (22 May 2015)

Mandatory means you have GOT to see this movie! Now, I wanted my 17-year old son to see it and his mother said "no no!", she thinks it's going to make him want to take drugs. Trust me, after watching this movie you'll NEVER get the idea of trying heroin. (Not that you would anyway!).
I watched it twice, and I rarely do that. Totally engrossing, you won't look away from beginning to end. So many movies, after it's over I feel like I wasted my time. With this one, it was on my mind for days afterwards.
There are funny parts, horrifying parts, good drama. You won't see anything blowing up in this movie if that's what you like...
Robert Carlyle as "Begbie" was awesome, I loved him (and hated him... not a nice guy...). It was like the Kramer portrait in Seinfeld: "He's a loathsome, offensive brute. Yet I can't look away!".