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06/14/03
Trainspotting (1995)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:22
Rotten:18
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: A brutal, often times funny, other times terrifying portrayal of drug addiction in Edinburgh. Not for the faint of heart, but well worth viewing as a realistic and entertaining reminder of the horrors of drug use.
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton, a brash, twenty-something Edinburgh junkie,... [More]
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Director: Danny Boyle
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10/18/08
The script they worked with gives an honest portrayal of drug addiction that's neither glamorized nor demonized, it just presents it as is.
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06/23/04
It's as if Boyle entered the mind of a junkie, ripped out the catacombs of hallucination and poured them whole onto celluloid.
06/22/04
Trainspotting was the real shot in the arm (pun intended) that the British film industry needed in the mid-90s.
06/10/04
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