Trainspotting - Take it for what it is worth

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2004)

If you are looking for a movie that will dazzle the senses and allow you to walk away with a warm fuzzy feeling, then Trainspotting is not for you. It is more of a sucker punch from reality and a no-holds-barred look at what we would like to forget.
The director doesn't try to vilify or romanticize the addiction that the characters are faced with, instead he presents you with a realistic view and lets you draw from it what you will. Quite refreshing in a Hollywood dominated industry that thrives on delivering the same clichés using different names and story lines.
Love it, hate it, tolerate it, just watch it. Even if you hate the movie, what you feel and what ideas it will challenge is a reward in itself.