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Trainspotting (1996)
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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...
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The last time I remember seeing someone going through withdrawal was Frank Sinatra in The Man With the Golden Arm: "You mean just stop? Cold turkey? You don't understand! The pain..."
Renton (Ewan McGregor) was a little more expressive: "I don't feel the sickness yet, but it's in the post. That's for sure. I'm in the...
(complete Trainspotting review by B Movie Ben)
This story of heroin addicts in Scotland adapted from the Irvine Welsh novel and directed by Danny Boyle ('28 Days Later') is visually stunning and not for the faint of heart or stomach. Ewan McGregor became a star with this role and his charm seeps through the screen whether he be diving into a toilet or shooting up. If...
(complete Trainspotting review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| Trainspotting Movie Review by Lisa (2/7/2007) |
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Nothing is more satisfying than seeing one of your favorite books done justice on the big screen. Danny Boyle and John Hodge show the movie industry how it's done with the stellar adaptation of Irvine Welsh's book "Trainspotting".
Through the eyes of Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) we see the haphazard lifestyle of a heroin...
(complete Trainspotting review by Lisa)
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(12/22/2007)
