Trainspotting: May I have Another?--sequel. Just...to clarify.

Rating: 10/10 (31 January 2016)

The movie Trainspotting may be single handedly, one of the most influential films to come out of the 1990's. For the artistically-inclined teens, who helped make that decade memorable, it taught a bevy of life lessons.
One: don't do Heroine. Two: Get HIV Tests. Three: Don't do Heroine when you have kids. Four: How to deal with quitting Heroine... i.e., why the hell did you start doing heroine---leads back to Lesson 1.
The following life lessons can be applied to all forms of drug use.
Lesson Five: There are tiers of drugs to use. (now go back and read lesson 1 and apply to all drugs, except things like caffeine*).
The horror of the detox and the desperation of the nature of addiction is portrayed through ever character and aspect of the film with brilliant subtleties that speak to even the most intelligent users. There is no telling how many in the US were prevented from following the same path that was later noted briefly by us as a period of disarray in Scotland itself at the time.
The key was the laughter. The dark humor, is like the sickly sweet oil slick on top of a cup of ill prepared Turkish Coffee. It's good and addictive, despite the filth and manner in which the viewer is subjected to the harsh realities of poverty stricken/teenagers: of UK's middle class. Subtitles may be necessary for those not formerly introduced to the highlands via other means. But if you ignore them, you won't miss a thing.
Th Cult Classic was often hailed as Ewan McGregor's breakthrough performance, even if he had been around a bit before then. The narration makes the movie. His fellow cast-mates often steal scenes from him. He does little, but, *eye's them accordingly.
-Sick or ~seck~ boy: The Linus to Charlie Brown often comes to mind. Until, his mind is gone. See lesson 1.
-Renton's Girl: The powerful young girl: the sparkling tin to his foiled conscience. (he himself told her to see lesson 1) After.
-The Abstaining Couple: Brilliant portrayals of everydayness.
-Renton's best friend: Still leaves me sad to this day with a single glance up, as the bag goes out: i quoth his eyes 'don't leave me'.
-The man who appears later also saying Scottish swear words in other films: Unintelligible hilarity, punctuated by hyperactivity which induces great fear and immediately brings to mind lesson 1.
-The Guy who looks almost American (blonde): Dies of HIV. See lesson 2. Then See Lesson 1 again. He showed us, even Scottish jocks were vulnerable. He transformed from Happy healthy to dead, in only a few scenes, but he was a huge key player in the normalizing of the view across the ocean.
There is a second storyline that draws the viewers in for the "kill", or allows them to become apathetic enough to receive the "lesson". It is also about couples, and teens and turning into twenty somethings. The hardest transition anyone has to do in their entire life, is go from home, to the unknown. A few of us made it because of this film.
Some complained it glorified drug use. I vehemently disagree.