Aye, life in Scotland sure looks depressing. But that's what makes this movie so great.

Rating: 10/10 (11 October 2005)

(Say the following with a Scottish accent.) Attention all ya Yanks and Brits who've grown up watching Disney movies an' think that the world is like that. "Trainspotting" shows that 'tisnt. This fantastic, if gross, flick tells the story of several pitiful Scottish heroin addicts, as seen through the eyes of Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor). Ya can't imagine what life is like fer these chaps. And I know that you stupid Americans would like fer any drug-related movie t'be a puny little morality play, but "Trainspotting" is nothing of the sort; it gets down and dirty, an' they pull no punches. Granted, heroin addiction comes across as very unpleasant.
So that's "Trainspotting". Every part of this movie was done perfectly. An' we Scots are very of Ewan McGregor; he starred in this, and went on to play Obi-Wan Kenobi.