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Trainspotting

Ewan McGregor (Actor), Ewen Bremner (Actor), Danny Boyle (Director) Rated:
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4.1 out of 5 stars 599 customer reviews
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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 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

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  • Actors: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle
  • Directors: Danny Boyle
  • Writers: Irvine Welsh, John Hodge
  • Producers: Andrew Macdonald
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
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  • Studio: Walt Disney Video
  • DVD Release Date: March 25, 1998
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (599 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6304806442
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,174 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Trainspotting" on IMDb

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5.0 out of 5 starsHilarious, Raw, and Disturbing... It’s Magnificent!
By Basil N. on May 11, 2015
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Trainspotting is an unusually realistic movie. There’s no sugarcoating as it presents the awful truths of drug abuse and addiction. It’s a nasty brutish tale told through the legitimate and uplifting context of youthful exuberance. Because that’s how drug addiction works, you have to be youthfully strong (or at least stubborn), hopeful, and naive to stay on such a losing path. The result is a story of dark humor and hilarious ironic mirth as we watch a horrifying march to bad ends. This is some of Ewan McGregor’s earliest work, and it’s Kelly Macdonald’s first film. Both are beautiful and brilliant, glowing with youth that blithely explains bad life choices. Robert Carlyle plays a psychopath who bizarrely fits into his low society so well that he becomes something of an older and wiser mentor to his “mates” who pump heroin into their veins. The whole film is a glorious saga of a social train wreck. The only shortcomings of Trainspotting are practical. The film is set in Edinburgh, so nearly everyone speaks in thick Scottish accents. Be prepared to rewind and read captions in some critical scenes. And of course, be prepared to be disgusted, because heroin addiction is disgusting. Trainspotting is funny and smart, lyric and poignant, thoughtful, exciting with an incredible soundtrack (including Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life), enthralling, and even somewhat hopeful in key scenes (possibly including the end). But the overall impression is disgust and despair at lives wasted. True stuff. Watch this movie.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMy new additcion!!!! no really!
By Amazon Customer on October 8, 2013
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As another reviewer stated I knew nothing about this movie except gorgeous Ewan McGregor!! Also I heard it was a sort of cult classic. Anyways I was blown away. The energy of the opening scene was Awesome. I have never tried any drugs and any narcotic the Doctor gives should be banned unless dying (it sucks) again sorry but watching how amazing they felt gave me an inside to why the addiction even playing Russian roulette in the 80s was so Amazing and "needed" the actors REALLY gave me a real almost tactile feel of the amazement of the drugs entering their bodied. I finally got it. The whole ride was great. The characters were so real. The collaboration with the amazing Director and uber talented cast gave a us a true to life account of that kind of life ,and not to judge.
there were some CRAZY scenes, I mean crazy. Most hilarious a rare few so so shockingly sad. Such is life. I have seen this movie back to back and I never have done this. Its one of my go to movies, from now on. I have so much to say about this gem. I dare not ruin it for the "virgins"
Enjoy let yourself go and experience the film. The only way to fully get it. Oh sometimes I couldn't understand a friggen word they were saying, the accent is so thick. Wow. which made it all the funnier.
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5.0 out of 5 starsIncredible find!
By JazTheRenegade on August 9, 2016
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The most underrated movie I've ever seen. I hadn't heard much about it, just a few comments here and there, but this is a modern masterpiece of what being a human is. Sure, there's drugs, sex, and whatnot, but it's also consequences and reality to go back to. Not just in the physical sense, but emotional and mental as well, which makes it highly relatable. Fantastic movie, would highly recommend.
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5.0 out of 5 starsOn my short list of favorite films
By KG on August 25, 2013
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Wildly inventive, extremely funny (often sickly, disturbingly so), filmed with an insane sense of energy and pace, and an
eye for truly inventive surreal images, and a soundtrack full of great songs that all fit perfectly. Not to mention a
bevy of superb, brave performances.

This study of 4 young mates in Scotland, 3 drug addicts, and one addicted to violence reminds me in some ways of
Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights". Both take us behind the scenes of dark, dysfunctional worlds (drugs, porn),
but do so with a sense of humor and humanity that transcends clichés and makes us relate to these characters as
human beings, not just porn stars or drug addicts. These are both films full of ideas about choices and morality,
without ever feeling moralistic or judgmental, and both use their central world as metaphors for the bigger worlds
around them. You might escape porn, or drugs, but you can't escape the forces that push people into them,

(spoiler ahead!)

Indeed I'm surprised to read so many reviews claiming Trainspotting's ending is optimistic. Yes Renton is walking
away from drugs, but he's also stabbing his mates in the back, and joining a world that's just as obsessive about
money, success, drink, sex, material things, as an addict is about drugs. To me, that's what the whole, chillingly
`choose life' monologue that bookends the film is all about. Truly `choosing life' is about a lot more than just
saying `no' to drugs.

Not to mention the title `Trainspotting' which refers to the innocent, but still obsessive, humanity-disconnected
hobby of noting down types and times of trains that go by. Perhaps a slower death than drugs, but a turning
away from living life just the same.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFilthy but brilliant
By alternaace on June 14, 2014
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Adopted from the "Trainspotting" novel by Irvine Welsh, this film was directed by Danny Boyle and stars Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, and Robert Carlyle. Set in a low class part of Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1980s, this film revolves around themes of drug addiction, betrayal, illness, and poverty.
Trainspotting is certainly not the type of movie to watch if you need cheering up and an extra dose of optimism. The film details the consequences of the characters' mistakes extremely bluntly; therefore, I do not recommend this to anyone with a weak stomach. It does have its moments of well-fit in British humor, and at many points, we simply want to dish out hugs of sympathy to some of the characters. Two thumbs up to Jonny Lee Miller's amoral, Sean Connery obsessed character, "Sick Boy."
The soundtrack is worth checking out too, featuring hits from Iggy Pop, Heaven 17, Underworld, Joy Division, and many more.
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3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

Had already seen it.

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LOVE IT , IT'S A CLASSIC! IT MARKED A PERIOD IN MY LIFE!

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Not exactly what I was expecting--more of a coming of drug use in the 90's in England. A bit confusing.

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NOT CAPTIONED, NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

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There are many things to enjoy about Trainspotting, but, simply put, I fell in love with the words. I've watched it several times over the years and it continues to enthrall me... Read more

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