Trainspotting Reviews and Ratings



  • November 13, 2009
    In the hands of someone like Shane Meadows this film would be so depressing it would make Eraserhead look like a Disney movie. In Boyle's hands it's injected with something that's probably illegal, and turns what could easily be a miserably bleak film into something witty, smart ...( read more)and in love with life - while still showing a darker side. Easily one of the best British films ever made.
  • November 12, 2009
    An Amazing film.
    Intriguing and informative I guess
    To say the least....
  • November 12, 2009
    Why would someone wants to do something like that???
  • November 12, 2009
    Awesome interpretation of an awesome book!
  • November 11, 2009
    The opening scene is my all-time favorite movie scene, and not just because of Iggy Pop. I was really pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this film. It is about so much more than junkies. Another thing that surprised me was that I could actually understand the whole film wit...( read more)hout subtitles, even though that very thick Scottish accent is not something I'm particularly familiar with.
  • November 7, 2009
    What a trip! A must see if you can stand the baby scene...
  • October 27, 2009
    The most realistic, shocking, and startling depiction of drug addiction I have ever seen.
  • October 24, 2009
    En su momento, se publicitó a Trainspotting (1996) como el ?Clockwork Orange de los noventa?. A parte de que ambas historias son los retratos decadentes de un grupo de jóvenes, creo que apenas y tiene algo que ver una película con otra. No he leído la novela homónima escrita por ...( read more)Irvine Welsh, de la que publicó hace algunos años la secuela, "Porno". Se dice que Danny Boyle podría volver a repetir como director en su posible adaptación al cine. Por lo pronto, puedo decir que Trainspotting es una magnífica película de corte independiente, que consigue ser un crudo retrato de la juventud consumida por las drogas.



    El escenario es la ciudad de Edinburgh, Escocia, en donde un grupo de jóvenes se reúne en un apartamento con un solo fin: consumir heroína, inyectarse la droga hasta que queden casi inconscientes. Hay un par de escenas que, con sencillos recursos, reflejan el ?viaje? que hace Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) bajo los efectos de la droga, una de ellas icónica del cine de los 1990. La escena es simplemente asquerosa (no se recomienda estar comiendo al momento de verla), cuando Renton se sumerge en un retrete (en el ?peor baño de Escocia?) para rescatar un par de supositorios. No podía haber una mejor imagen simbólica, con todas sus sarcásticas intenciones, para reflejar el hundimiento de Renton en su adicción a la heroína.

    Las drogas son un personaje más en la película. Para salir del agujero en el que se encuentra atrapado Mark, las drogas también juegan un papel importante hacia el final. A pesar de todo, el relato, como en todo el cine de Danny Boyle, esta dosificado con humor e ironía, y hay diálogos que nos hacen sentir como en una película de Quentin Tarantino. Trainspotting es como la cara opuesta a, por ejemplo, Requiem for a Dream, otra película sobre los fatales efectos de la droga en la juventud, aunque más cruda y sin la comicidad que Boyle consiguió imprimir a su adaptación del libro de Welsh.
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  • October 24, 2009
    Classic movie about Scottish junkies living in Edinburgh great performances by all actors Robert Carlyle plays excellent roll.
  • October 15, 2009
    weird but original movie. Drug addicts portrayed as people, though not always nice ones. I hate the toilet scene, but the rest is good, soemtimes even funny, expecially Spud.
  • October 14, 2009
    An unforgettable film that showcases the talents of director Danny Boyle as well as actors Ewan Macgregor and Robert Carlyle. Herion addiction has never been portrayed so filthily and gut-wrenchingly honest. Don't miss the excellent soundtrack that complements this film of drugs,...( read more) death, crime, hopelessness, and eventually life.
  • October 12, 2009
    So dirty and scottish... Count me in!
  • October 9, 2009
    A prolific 90's joy-ride,based on the acclaimed book of the same title,frustrating pictures but that's brutal reality.Carlyle on a surprise part,Boyle mixes fun and curiosity and the soundtrack is a blast.
  • October 1, 2009
    My favourite Danny Boyle film next to 28 Days Later. Trainspotting is one of those great films that only comes once or twice a decade. I'm into narration of disturbing yet funny situations so this film grabbed me by the balls and I loved it. Ewan McGregor owned the movie, him and...( read more) Robert Carlyle were the two strongest performers.



    The film takes place in the lives of junkies and remains authentic to the book it's based on. Scenes in Trainspotting may seem disturbing yet have a comedy feeling about them. Except one scene with a certain death.



    Soundtrack is top notch and really sets up the hilarity of most scenes. I have not seen Slumdog Millionare but I say that this is probably Danny Boyles best so far. A true classic.
  • September 21, 2009
    Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.


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    first of all i watch this movie because of the review i read... what really it is. and i confused why many review like this one..! I understand why a lot of people could like this movie, it simply was not for me. I think that it resembles 'Requiem for a dream, If you're into cult classics, this is one you should consider. A very raw depiction of a life of addiction, crime..struggles to overcome...fucking awesome youth..

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  • September 17, 2009
    A Brit movie with the Danny Boyle sign on it ! Great performance by Ewan McGregor !
  • September 16, 2009
    I remember at collage in the mid 90's everyone thought it was cool to be Scottish and/or a recovering drug user. Overrated but still enjoyable! Hated the book though, I thought it was a load of contrived rubbish that made no sense!
  • September 16, 2009
    A group of Scottish junkies and misfits try to make their way in 90s Britain. Trainspotting is a true zeitgeist movie, and sums up perfectly the time in which it was made. Irvine Walsh's story is well observed and full of amusing tirades against 90s society with drug references t...( read more)hat are non-judgmental, trying to show both the cheese in the mousetrap of addiction as well as its terrible consequences. Despite the grim subject matter, there are a lot of laughs to be had cleverly counterpointed with the horror and degradation that a drug habit can cause. This is the film that rightly catapulted Ewan McGregor to international stardom with Robert Carlyle deserving an honourable mention as the hateful and clearly psychotic Begby. The plot is slightly flimsy but the film has a lot of energy and although it has inevitably dated as it is such a product of its time, it's still a bit of a classic of British cinema.
  • September 11, 2009
    Review coming someday...

    98/100
  • September 9, 2009
    This was very strange but interesting.
  • September 6, 2009
    Sicko I ever watched about the rigors and rushes of Scottish-junkie life. This is one of my least Danny Boyle films that doesn't make me feel better by watching the horrid consequences of heroin use.
  • August 29, 2009
    Despues de más de diez años de haberla visto, me doy cuenta de cuan representativa para los noventa fue "La vida en el abismo". El trato ezquizofrénico e intenso de la vida de un grupo de adictos es cruda y naturalista más no por eso deja de estar estilizada a la MTV y salpicada ...( read more)del clàsico sentido del humor del reino unido (en este caso escocés). Es de esas películas en las que la historia es buena, pero es el COMO la cuentan lo que la hizo un clásico posmoderno.
  • August 25, 2009
    One of the best I've ever seen,
    so sad.
  • August 24, 2009
    I've just seen this movie, it's very popular in my country, it's very difficult to get the DVD, well, I finally bought it and I think it's a quite good movie about drug addicts but in the end, every character stays the same(addicts), some good scenes, could've been better.
  • August 23, 2009
    Thank you Robert Carlyle and Ewan McGregor for a truly enjoyable film. I'm still waiting for a baby to crawl on my cieling and wake me up out of my depersonalization high.
  • August 23, 2009
    very powerful movie loved it
  • August 21, 2009
    Stylish, brillant film from Danny Boyle that follows the lives of herion addicts. Think a british version of Pulp Fiction.
  • August 20, 2009
    Danny Boyle's film masterpiece "Trainspotting" is a vibrant jolt of life (however constantly drugged-out its characters may be) that transports the viewer into the shocking minds of low-middle-class people with the common dream of success and happiness which they think will be ob...( read more)tained by a constant intake of incredibly powerful drugs.

    "It's better than sex," the characters agree as they continuously inject their worn-out veins with the drugs, subsequently dropping almost unconsciously to the floor in a vivid and electric dream of heavenly perfection. This is what life is about: joy, ecstatic happiness and a constant state of perfection. "Drugs provide this for us", they realize, and if this is the dream every human longs for then it should justify their pilaging and plundering around Scotland to obtain it.

    The film follows a junkie (Ewan McGregor) as he alternately muses about the low state of human beings and the dificulty it is for him to live, and the utter paradise it is to consume the drugs that account for everything even remotely pleasant in his life. His best friends which include a loser yet humble and lovable junkie (Ewen Bremner), a pretty boy/Sean Connery know-it-all with a high image of himself (Jonny Lee Miller) and a drug-hater violent psycho (Robert Carlyle) all emphatize the alternately revered and reviled state drugs induce them into.

    Our principal character, the McGregor junkie, dreams of someday actually managing to quit drugs and getting himself a nice lifestyle like 'normal people' while recognizing and embracing the wicked jerk he actually is. The film follows him in a hilariously amusing odyssey into 'normalcy' and the missteps he encounters that are triggered by his friends' reapearance in his life.

    The plot of the film is very good, as a matter of fact, but what really makes this movie an absolute masterpiece is the artistry behind its every area. The music is psychodelically absorbing, the editing is simply perfect, and the cinematography is, well, electrically vibrant, hysterical, spot-on and artistic. The screenwriting follows no ordinary pattern, but involves images, music and colour to exude the feeling of the movie.

    It's a perfect comedy, really. It's that kind of spectacular entertainment that awakens your sensibilites and makes you cackle in delight at the sheer audacity that's unraveling before your very eyes. I can't recommend it enough.

    Rating: 4 stars out of 4!!
  • August 10, 2009
    WONDERFUL FILM!!!!!!!! SO INTENSE.
  • August 9, 2009
    best british film ever!
  • August 7, 2009
    goddamnit, did i need subtitles. it was aight to say the most.
  • August 3, 2009
    puedes ser el demadre que quieras al final todos quieren una estupida casa un maldito carro, una ujer idiota o un hombre idiota etc.
  • August 2, 2009
    Great portrait of a British sub-culture. Very dope I'd say.
  • August 2, 2009
    One of my favorites. A grat work of Danny Boyle... Dynamic, full of hormones and adrenaline. Amazing
  • July 31, 2009
    Movie of the 90's. The characters, the music, the philosophy.
  • July 31, 2009
    Fresh from their success with "Shallow Grave", Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor turned to Irvine Welsh's novel about addicts in Edinburgh and did a corker of a job. John Hodge's script is shocking, funny, terrifying and heartbreaking, creating the junkie's "Junkie" movie' where even...( read more) the minor characters light up the screen. Ewan Bremner as the hopelessly stupid "Spud" gets the funniest moments, while Robert Carlyle's psychotic "Begbie" is terrifying. For a film with such horrifying and explicit scenes of drug-use and cold-turkey, it has a surprisingly upbeat ending and comes with a fantastic Brit-pop soundtrack!
  • July 30, 2009
    I could never stop liking this movie....saw it again on teh big screen the crowd was nothing by mature early-mid 30's looking..I guess I fall in that category..now after 14 yrs I still love it and still makes me laugh....Boyle did a awesome job directing Trainspotting...choose L...( read more)ife!!!!

    the trampolin for Ewan Mcgregor..Ewen Bremmer..Jonny lee Miller..Robet Carlyle was already Robert Carlyle...

    I still day dream about starting fresh in London!! :)
  • July 28, 2009
    The best movie, soundtrack, and book !
  • July 27, 2009
    didnt understand it i knew i wouldnt be able to.
  • July 26, 2009
    I loved this when I was younger but now I just cannot enjoy it. WTF
  • July 25, 2009
    Didn't really care for this one
  • July 25, 2009
    That's what Renton (Ewan McGregor) said and the thing is that he is right :
    "Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low chole...( read more)sterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons."
    Ordinary people just do all those stuff, he stays to the side and he realises how pathetic we all are.Despite the heroin and all the depressing feelings, he is right and that's the reason why everybody admits that this movie is special.A cult movie which teaches a lesson of life.
  • July 23, 2009
    TRULY ON OF THE STUPIIST MOVIES I EVER SAW!!
    WHAT IS THS CRAP?
    WAS CALLED HILLARIOUS BY SOME PEOPLE, AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?
  • July 23, 2009
    A movie carried out in an unique way, with the main character talking to the viewer at points, which in turn adds to the interest of the movie and involves the viewer with the movie. This is the kind of movie that can capture the viewer and wrap him/her in its shocking story.
  • July 22, 2009
    funny, dirty, grosse, but great

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