Overrated Trip

Rating: 7/10 (9 September 2006)

A couple of weeks ago, the British Film Institute (B.F.I.) ranked "Trainspotting" in number ten (10) in a list of the one hundred best British movies. I found this rating exaggerated and decided to see this movie again for my personal reevaluation. The politically incorrect story of the Scottish heroine addicted Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and his supposed friends Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), the athletic Tommy (Kevin McKidd) and the violent Begbie (Robert Carlyle) has a very original screenplay. In spite of having many disgusting and sick scenes, many moments of apology to heroine and a very amoral conclusion, the plot is not bad. But I would never list this flick among the IMDb Top 250 or rank it as the tenth best British movie ever. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Trainspotting  Sem Limites" ("Trainspotting  Without Limits")