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Trainspotting | Rotten Tomatoes

️Fri Jul 19 1996

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A brutal, often times funny, other times terrifying portrayal of drug addiction in Edinburgh. Not for the faint of heart, but well worth viewing as a realistic and entertaining reminder of the horrors of drug use.

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Kevin Maher Times (UK) Easy to start, all-consuming, impossible to quit. Rated: 5/5 May 29, 2024 Full Review Jay Carr Boston Globe The unsinkable vigor coursing through the veins of Trainspotting leaves no doubt that it intends to come down on the side of life. In its chance-taking, its virtuosity and its ultimate morality, it's an exhilarating film. May 1, 2024 Full Review Eleanor Ringel Cater Atlanta Journal-Constitution Choose Trainspotting... if you think you can take it. Rated: 3.5/4 May 1, 2024 Full Review Chance Solem-Pfeifer Willamette Week Unlike most generational touchstones about alienated young people, Trainspotting has its cake and eats it, too. It gets to be ruthlessly clever about the emptiness of workaday jobs and lifestyle creep while finding the rebellion far more self-destructive. Jan 22, 2025 Full Review Eleanor O'Sullivan Asbury Park Press (NJ) It lacks the harrowing quality of a loser's life, but neither does Boyle have the heart to go for all-out farce. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Aaron Neuwirth Why So Blu This original spin through this specific moment in time continues to play as a high-energy display of wit, tragedy, and style in a manner that solidified so much for all involved. Rated: 5/5 Jan 31, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

Chloe A Ewan McGregor>>>>>>>> Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/25 Full Review Renan B Wow, movie starts already high up, and keeps the energy through the whole movie. Highly recommended, mix important subjects and stories with funny elements. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/10/25 Full Review Trausti L Simply a perfect movie from all aspects. It changed everything that came after Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Faiz D What a frickin' fantastic film this is. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review Sams K I like the aesthetic of this, but I think it's a bit overrated. Soundtrack is great! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review Jerry F This movie was so much better that I expected. Very realistic yet entertaining and a little hard to watch some scenes, but totally worth it. Performances were excelent as well as plot and direction. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Begbie (Robert Carlyle), Spud (Ewen Bremner) and Tommy (Kevin McKidd). He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane (Kelly Macdonald), along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

Director

Danny Boyle

Producer

Andrew Macdonald

Screenwriter

John Hodge

Distributor

Miramax Films

Production Co

Figment Films, Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Rating

R (Nudity|Graphic Heroin Use|Sex|Some Violence|Strong Language)

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Original Language

British English

Release Date (Theaters)

Jul 19, 1996, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)

Dec 19, 2015

Box Office (Gross USA)

$16.6M

Runtime

1h 34m

Sound Mix

Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Stereo, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR

Aspect Ratio

Flat (1.85:1)