Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle Directed By: Danny Boyle Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Miramax Home Entertainment Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 01, 2004 Running Time: 94 minutes Theatrical Release Date: July 19, 1996
Amazon.com: With its hallucinatory visions of crawling dead babies and a grungy plunge into the filthiest toilet in Scotland, you might not think Trainspotting could have been one of the best movies of 1996, but Danny Boyle's film about unrepentant heroin addicts in Edinburgh is all that and more. That doesn't make it everybody's cup of tea (so unsuspecting viewers beware), but the film's blend of hyperkinetic humor and real-life horror is constantly fascinating, and the entire cast (led by Ewan McGregor and Full Monty star Robert Carlyle) bursts off of the screen in a supernova of outrageous energy. Adapted by John Hodge from the acclaimed novel by Irving Welsh, the film was a phenomenal hit in England, Scotland, and (to a lesser extent) the U.S. For all of its comedic vitality and invigorating filmmaking, the movie is no ode to heroin, nor is it a straight-laced cautionary tale. Trainspotting is just a very honest and well-made film about the nature of addiction, and it doesn't pull any punches when it is time to show the alternating pleasure and pain of substance abuse. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description: A young heroin addict in Edinburgh tries to kick the habit but his junkie friends aren't making it easy for him. Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: R Release Date: 22-AUG-2006 Media Type: DVD
Way too many 5 star reviews here There are 2 to 3 moments of humor in this film and 2 to 3 moments of brutal reality. Otherwise, it's far too disjointed and muddled to rate any higher than two stars. Basically shows the depressing and pathetic lives of severe heroin addicts and how difficult it is to quit using. Unless you've been living under a rock, you essentially know heroin is dangerous, addicting, and difficult to quit. No new material here folks. "Traffic" has nailed this plague far better.
MY REVIEW DVD was scratched and I was unable to watch the entire film, very angry, I would return except you can't send back open CDS/DVDS.
"Tidy wee bit ay fanny.....likesay. Nae offence likes, pal." "The ONE movie showing characters more skrewed-up then you will ever be....Loved Irvine Welsh's cameo. It's what to watch when yer 'goin off the rails on the crazy train'....ya ken, ye daft radge, ya?!"
Spot On, Trainspotting The Good Things *Great photography style and quality. Every scene is fascinating. *Interesting group of characters, with lots of interesting and memorable moments. *Good dialogue (and good monologues). *Very interesting, broad view of the issue of drug addiction. It accurately captures the good and evil of it. It is a little thought-provoking. *Has some funny parts and some sad dramatic parts. *Excellent soundtrack.
The Bad Things *A couple of really gross scenes (one involving the worst toilet in Scottland, and the other involving flying feces). *Accents are intense, almost unbelievably so. *Some extremely wierd parts. *Pretty wierd plot.
Stylish and hip, this film is never dull. It is filled with memorable scenes and dialogue. The characters are mesmerizing. At its core, this film approaches the issue of drug addiction objectively, revealing both the good and the bad that it perpetuates. Altogether, it's a very interesting portrayal. Anybody who is interested in this kind of material should check this out.
Not For Everybody Trainspotting is in some regards a masterpiece of film making. The portrayal of the deadend heroin addicted lives of a group of friends in Scotland is one of the most despairing looks at drug abuse and it's lethal appeal ever committed to film. It is also incredibly funny in parts at the same time. That is what makes the film so unique. You're cringing one minute and laughing out loud the next.
That said I can't recommend the film to everyone. It is pretty disturbing and graphic so viewer beware. If you have the stomach for it you will be rewarded with one of the best films of the 90's.
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