- Release Date: 1996
- Runtime: N/A
- Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd ... see all
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Plot: 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. Full summary » | Full... Read more
User Reviews
adrghadrh
Jun 24, 2008
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Jun 24, 2008emmm_ufub - yahoo.com
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Choose Life
Mar 31, 2008
newwavemike - yahoo.com
Mar 31, 2008newwavemike - yahoo.com
Trainspotting is an amazing film. tottally original and uniuqe. it has the best story, plot, setting.. its one of the best movies ever. one of my favorite.. i have read the book too. which is tottally awesome.. the movie is very... Full review
Trainspotting is addictive
Mar 17, 2008
samuraifa451 - yahoo.com
Mar 17, 2008samuraifa451 - yahoo.com
Trainspotting is one of those films that you should have a million reasons to turn off but yet there's something about it that keeps you hand from hitting the off switch (another great example would be Fight Club). The storyline is... Full review
Trainspotting (1996)
Sep 18, 2007
brucewayne_18 - yahoo.com
Sep 18, 2007brucewayne_18 - yahoo.com
It took me about twenty minutes to get into the movie and there were one part that I found a bit long but the movie is good. I was disappointed though, I don't remember hearing a bad critic about this movie... Full review
Take the best orgasm you've ever had... multiply it by a thousand and you're still nowhere near Trainspotting...
Aug 30, 2007
TheEighthDeadlySin - imdb.com
Aug 30, 2007TheEighthDeadlySin - imdb.com
In 1996 John Hodge took Irvine Welsh's novel "Trainspotting" and with the help of Danny Boyle's direction created one of the most influential, modern cult classics Britain has to offer. Commonly ranked among the greatest films of the 90s; "Trainspotting"... Full review
Take the best orgasm you've ever had... multiply it by a thousand and you're still nowhere near Trainspotting...
Aug 30, 2007
TenthAvenueFreezeOut - imdb.com
Aug 30, 2007TenthAvenueFreezeOut - imdb.com
In 1996 John Hodge took Irvine Welsh's novel "Trainspotting" and with the help of Danny Boyle's direction created one of the most influential, modern cult classics Britain has to offer. Commonly ranked among the greatest films of the 90s; "Trainspotting" delivers... Full review
the worst movie ever
Jul 30, 2007
thebest1456 - yahoo.com
Jul 30, 2007thebest1456 - yahoo.com
this movie was dreadfull. i wouldn't use it use a coffee mat. this was about a bunch of people dong dumb *****. if you liked this movie this means that you have a serios problem.... Full review
Life as a junkie is bad
Jan 29, 2007
sethmdusa - yahoo.com
Jan 29, 2007sethmdusa - yahoo.com
Life as a junkie is bad. There. I just saved you two hours. This film is awful. Seriously, what do people expect? The only thing I wanted was for all of the characters to get some bad junk, overdose, and die... Full review
Choosing Life the Hard Way!
Aug 07, 2006
heavenscythe - yahoo.com
Aug 07, 2006heavenscythe - yahoo.com
When I first noticed about the disgusting "Worst Toilet in Scotland" scene from this movie, I was thinking about seeing the movie. Well, I checked out the DVD and I was amazed by the show. Ewan McGregor is a real fit... Full review
Heroinnnnnn
Jun 28, 2006
Blackjack_Zero526 - yahoo.com
Jun 28, 2006Blackjack_Zero526 - yahoo.com
This is quite messed up, about heroin addicts doing crazy stuff and then going crazy from withdrawl and tripping it like mad... ho damn.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Aug 29, 2009The Guardian
the film remains terrifically fresh....The soundtrack was fantastically powerful....these are just a few of the film's many indelible images.....John Hodge's script, cleverly adapting the novel by Irvine Welsh, was hilarious, shocking and as pop-culture-savvy as anything by Tarantino..... ... Full Review
| Apr 07, 2009associatedcontent.com
He tends to vie for the grittier movies, as this shall attest!....sometimes just blatantly in-your-face humor..... ... Full Review
| Jan 14, 2009Times of India
Boyle's 1996 film "Trainspotting" won an Oscar nomination for the best adapted screenplay but he said, "We should have know we weren't going to win, though.
The value of it, of course, is just getting in the room; the platform it gives to a small film like this is remarkable.
... Full Review
| Jan 13, 2009sify.com
Boyle's 1996 film Trainspotting won an Oscar nomination for the best adapted screenplay but he said, "We should have know we weren't going to win, though.
The value of it, of course, is just getting in the room; the platform it gives to a small film like this is remarkable.
... Full Review
| Jan 12, 2009nowrunning.com
Boyle's 1996 film "Trainspotting" won an Oscar nomination for the best adapted screenplay but he said, "We should have know we weren't going to win, though.
The value of it, of course, is just getting in the room; the platform it gives to a small film like this is remarkable.
... Full Review
News
Ewen: Privilege to be in Allen film
metro.co.uk –
2010-04-16
The Trainspotting actor, who stars in forthcoming Sky1 series Strike Back, praised Allen, saying: "I worked with him before, on Match Point, and I had a lovely time." ... Full Article
20th century boy
salon.com –
1999-05-12
May 12, 1999 | T here's something profoundly fitting, if twisted, about the fact that an actor who first came to the world's attention playing an alarmingly vital junkie has named Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant as the... ... Full Article

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