Trainspotting Critic Reviews
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Based upon 10 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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Scabrous, brutal and hip, Trainspotting is a "Clockwork Orange" for the '90s.Read the full review
The story, such as it is, follows Renton's inconsistent attempts to kick his habit.Read the full review
The stylish irreverence of Trainspotting mimics that drug high and delivers its own potent kick.Read the full review
There's nothing new or unique about the story, but it is presented in a manner that reinforces its immediacy and impact.Read the full review
Exuberant and pitiless, profane yet eloquent, flush with the ability to create laughter out of unspeakable situations, Trainspotting is a drop-dead look at a dead-end lifestyle that has all the strength of its considerable contradictions.Read the full review
A desolate, fast, funny, scary film, and it takes more risks than any recent film.Read the full review
Darkly comic tone of heroin-addiction film sets it apartRead the full review
A movie that rudely flings feces at the breakfast table isn't for everyone.Read the full review
It would be hard to imagine a movie about drugs, depravity, and all-around bad behavior more electrifying than Trainspotting.Read the full review
It uses a colorful vocabulary, it contains a lot of energy, it elevates its miserable heroes to the status of icons (in their own eyes, that is).Read the full review
