Trainspotting

Drama | 1996 | R. 1hr 34min
CAST: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald, Robert Carlyle DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle WEIRD ELEPHANT SERIES - ONE NIGHT ONLY

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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Trainspotting, buoyed by a great Brit Pop soundtrack and Brian Tufano's agile cinematography, captures the stoned-out, gut-churning experience of hardcore addiction with hallucinogenic acuity.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

The film is about joy -- in conniving and surviving, in connecting with audiences, in its own fizzy, jizzy style. And that's why, compared with it, most other films look zombified.

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine