***** out of 5

Rating: Null/10 (24 July 2002)

Trash materpiece focuses on a group of scottish heroine junkies who's lives are turned upide down due to the harsh effect of the drugs they take. It sort of runs like a surrealistic music video thanks to the great direction of Danny Boyle who doesn't hold back on showing us the harrible efftects of drug use. Also featuring a great script that adds enough dark humor to keep the audience entertained but not allowing the film become a parody of itself. Ewen McGregor gives his hands down best performance as a heroine addict that is trying his hardest to quite but just can't seem to bring himself to do it due to the pressures that surround him. Robert Carlyle is also top notch as a short tempered thug who doesn't take any bull and Ewen Bremner is often hilarious as an the absent minded member the group who gets one of the movies funniest scenes when he goes to a job interview on speed. This movie runs sort of like a surreal music video and is nothing that should be taken lightly. I reccomend that anyone who has ever had an addiction view this movie and everyone else who is a fan of these sort of bizzare mindscapes like the Acid House and Run Lola Run will not be let down at all.