Thought Provoking and Enjoyable

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 1999)

I have to say that having read the book and watched the film, I thoroughly enjoyed both. Ewan MacGregor was excellent as Renton and Jonny Lee Miller was fantastic as Sick Boy.
I think for us Brits the film suffered a little from the typical over hyping of all British Films to hit the big screen but even with that it was one of the best British Films of the 90's.
I don't agree with the glamorising drug use argument as a reason to not watch this film, you only have to watch the scenes where Renton is going cold turkey to realise that.
But I can see how non scots would struggle with the dialogue at times, which is very broad, but if you can't understand the film i would not even bother trying to read the book.
in summary, an excellent film, great character portrayals, a must see for everyone.