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Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2001)

Years go by, and Trainspotting is still my favorite movie, and as a matter of fact, I believe people that speak against this film, is just because they didn't understand it as a whole.
First, as it has been said before, it does not praise drugs; just because through the movie the cast show how they like or need heroin, that doesn't mean that the entire context doesn't show where does drug abuse can take you.
Second, at first time it may seem to want some cheap shocks, but if you think about the style the story is told, whether in the book or in the movie (hyper realistic), it just needs to be shown that way, because those things happen in real life; if you do not deal with drug addicts, you may not understand what happens to them, or what could they do, so you may think the movie doesn't make sense.
Third, I've never been in Europe, but the acting was convincing enough, to make me believe that it was real enough, maybe too much, specially that brutal little b*****d Begbie.
Fourth, and very important, something that may be not quite clear, since I've rarely seen any comment about it, but the topics of social denounces are not just about drugs; anyone can correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know, it is very hard in the U.K. to escalate social classes, which means that if you were born a working-class child, so you will be as an adult, and without that kind of chances, it is very normal to see people doing drugs; although somewhat superficial, some other topics include dysfunctional families, the obsession with the mass media, the early awakening of sexuality, etc.
And last but not least, that soundtrack is a goldmine, if you're mad fer british music, so it didn't hurt me.
Overall, a pic to show you how life could truly be in the 90's, shown in an uneasy, but funny, tragic and very clever way.