We see their faults, we see their redeeming factors, and most of all, we see their personalities come, go, and linger like the hits they take. Trainspotting is as close to what some might say is a realistic portrayal of hard drug use with a few fantastical elements thrown in by director Danny Boyle and writer John Hodge to heighten the experience (no pun intended).
The film is about joy -- in conniving and surviving, in connecting with audiences, in its own fizzy, jizzy style. Loading... Save. The movie itself is relatively simple; plot information is secondary to the characters it's made up of. Trainspotting is supercharged with sulphurous humour and brutal recklessness: it charges at you like Ewan McGregor's Renton sprinting from store detectives in the opening sequence. Anyone looking for clarity on why Ewan McGregor is as lauded as he is need not look further than this film. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. The characters are without recognizable virtues, and neither they nor the movie asks us to like them. Trainspotting gives insight into the rationale of an addict and even sympathizes with them in some ways. TV-Series. Trainspotting's saving grace is that there's a heck of a lot of entertainment value in this particular form of shallowness. January 16, 2017 Like many of the best black comedies there are moments in the film which are genuinely tough to watch, either because they are disturbing in and of themselves or because their implications are so horrifying.
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| Rating: 4/5 Please click the link below to receive your verification email. | Likewise Boyle shoots the hallucinations in awkward middle distance, lending them an eerie, almost Lynchian quality. May 1, 2019 By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.Fandango ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Without this last element, the ending would feel somewhat contrived; with it, we understand Renton's actions as both a gesture of friendship and an act of cowardice - he leaves him the money, but doesn't take Spud with him.
| Rating: 4/5 June 26, 2013 It would be a simpler road to make this film entirely grim as the scenario itself is, but to add comedy and a very much present sense of humor is a stroke of genius.
Renton spends much of the film like Michael Corleone in The Godfather: Part III: every time he thinks he's on the straight and narrow (relatively speaking), elements of the past creep or barge their way back in, leaving shame and terror in their wake. a group of junkies in late 80s Edinburgh), but to make it believable and worthy of sitting through is a feat all in it's own. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi New on Netflix October 2019
| McGregor gives a full-on performance, complete with shouting, cursing and screaming, but it never feels forced or attention-seeking.
While the baby crawling on the ceiling has become the scene's most famous image, what's really impressive is the visceral quality of McGregor's performance and Boyle's inventive direction. And that's why, compared with it, most other films look zombified. The character's joy and sense of wonder from the colourful fantasy is bookended by a grim and grotesque real-life setting, which is so upfront with its awfulness that we find ourselves retching with Renton in the cubicle.
Boyle's earthy approach to the setting is reflected in his visual choices. R (for graphic heroin use and resulting depravity, strong language, sex, nudity and violence) June 26, 2013
Renton's story is accompanied by fellow addicts Spud and SIck Boy, clean-cut Tommy, raging psychopath Begbie, and schoolgirl Diane.
Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances The scene which takes place during the Edinburgh Festival owes a great deal to the British New Wave, whose film-makers went into parts of the country overlooked by the traditional mainstream and told often uncomfortable stories.
Trainspotting remains essential viewing and one of the best British films of the 1990s.