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Trainspotting
A (INDIA)
1996
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Positive Reviews
38
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4.2
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1.5
This collage aesthetic of distractions fits Boyles winningly nonsensical Trance, but here one cant help but wonder whether a sequel to Trainspotting n ..
Av Club
4.0
The on target performances, along with the unceasing barrage of popular music and daring narrative gambles, combine to make Trainspotting one of the g ..
Austin Chronicle
3.8
The movie has been attacked as pro drug and defended as anti drug, but actually it is simply pragmatic. It knows that addiction leads to an unmanageab ..
Rogerebert
5.0
Now the violence in the film leaves me quiet instead of laughing.
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.0
See our full review: Gimme back the pure stuff Transplanted to America, Irvine Welshs tale doesnt offer the same high Danny Boyles second feature (199 ..
Chicago Reader
5.0
In a true masterstroke, the harrowing and bleak subject matter is presented as a hilariously funny walk on the wild side, with no moral stance taken o ..
Radio Times
4.4
Trainspotting is a singular sensation, a visionary knockout spiked with insight, wild invention and outrageous wit.
Rolling Stone
1.0
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Cs Monitor
5.0
Prior to the guys Take That style reunion in the forthcoming sequel T2, here is a very welcome big screen rerelease of Danny Boyles original Trainspot ..
The Guardian
4.0
Danny Boyles celebrated picture is rereleased in advance of its sequel, due in cinemas in two weeks.
The Guardian
4.5
Though Trainspottings story of Scottish drug addicts is dark in tone and the bulk of the humor is blacker than a ravens wing at midnight, Boyles sense ..
Mountain X
5.0
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
4.5
The film may be set in the gutter, but its ironic message is that theres joy in the gutter.Its a celebration of appetite in the raw.
Ew
4.0
It has its sentimental moments, but it is funny as well as bleak, and creates a world thats hard to forget.The film streamlines the novel, but it is n ..
Slate
5.0
Something Britain can be proud of and Hollywood must be afraid of.
Empire
4.0
For a unique, consummately entertaining, and yet utterly harrowing look into the life of heroin addicts, this movie offers open minded viewers an unfo ..
Common Sense Media
5.0
This might not be the first movie to get inside the mind of an addict, but its the only one that captures the life consuming power of addiction in all ..
Sf Gate
4.0
This is not dour social realism. Its a shot from a cannon youth movie, with likable young people sticking needles in their arms in working class Edinb ..
Sf Gate
5.0
Director Danny Boyle directs with glamour and pace, aided by an inspired soundtrack, and produces a movie that shines with unusual ambition despite it ..
Bbc
4.0
Attention must be paid, and will be rewarded with the scabrous savor of the movies lightning intelligence.The subject is heroin, but the style is spee ..
Time
4.4
One cant say that Escape from L.A. bores, but one cannot say that it is especially exciting.
Mr Brown Movies
4.5
This is one of the most genuinely funny movies of the year, despite its low brow taste.
Reeling Reviews
4.5
I loved director Danny Boyles Shallow Grave it was nasty, funny, and truly scary.
Flickfilosopher
4.4
This isnt an examination of the Scottish drug culture from the outside looking in, its one from the inside looking out.
ReelViews
4.4
This is not a movie for everybody by any stretch of the imagination.
Spliced Wire
3.1
Its four main anti heroes are such unsympathetic losers that it is difficult to care whether they live or die.
Deseret News
4.5
Sick Boys powers, along with his hairline, have waned; hes stuck pulling pints in a pub on the edge of nowhere.
Ign
5.0
Danny Boyles direction is fantastic.The film has a very stylish look.
Montreal Film Journal
5.0
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Film 4
4.5
Whats even more difficult is resisting the films terrific energy, how aggressively clever it manages to be.
La Times
5.0
Trainspotting is a searing pop art portrait of a lost generation blowing out its brains. As they rail, chuckle, shout and dive into darkness, youre tr ..
Articles Chicago Tribune
3.5
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly MacDonald At the screening for critics that I attended in Manhattan of Trainspotting, a jocular b ..
People
4.0
Its grim subject matter notwithstanding, the movie remains unfailingly energetic, if not positively upbeat.
Articles Orlando Sentinel
3.8
Its a negative world, a punk slackers paradise where not getting a job is seen as a triumph and boosting $20 worth of tinned food is a major ecstasy.T ..
Articles Baltimore Sun
5.0
A grimy bolt of celluloid lightning unspooling at 24 crackling frames a second, this episodic tale of smart aleck Scottish lads on heroin is the years ..
Articles Sun Sentinel
3.5
Again, a whole moment in the film demands our investment in this character, but nothing in the film or the performance has earned it.I suspect Trainsp ..
Nicks Flick Picks
4.5
A spirited, energetic, hilarious take on one of the least spirited, energetic, or hilarious topics of all: heroin addition
About Film
4.5
But there missteps Trainspotting makes are few and far between, separated by some truly ingenious, creative filmmaking.Its at the very least, one of t ..
Reviews Antagony Ecstasy
3.8
Instead, director Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave) employs some surreal visuals to suggest the levels of depravity Renton reaches.
Angel Fire
5.0
You may feel a need for subtitles, the plot line may be a bit meandering and the underlying ideas may be a bit opaque, but theres no denying that the ..
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