Trainspotting (1996)

Star Rating- 3 1/2
Length of Film- 94 minutes
Director- Danny Boyle
Cast- Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo, Eileen Nicholas, Susan Vidler, Pauline Lynch, Shirley Henderson, Stuart McQuarrie, Irvine Welsh, & Dale Winton
Oscar Nominations- John Hodge (screenplay)


Oh boy... I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I pushed play, but I was surprised, in a good way. Renton (Ewan McGregor) is a drug addict, who did squat with his life. After having his last hit, he prepares to detox by himself: with 3 buckets. For piss, shit, and puke. 

He goes to a known drug dealer and takes some opium rectal suppositories. You will see him reach in his pants and insert them into his rectum. The next part...is not for the weak of stomach. He HAS to go to the bathroom, and ends up losing the suppositories, so he sticks his hand in the toilet YUCK!!! Then his head...then his upper body...

This movie does a great job portraying the mind of a heroin addict. We swim in the toilet searching for suppositories, we see a dead baby crawling on the ceiling then turning his head around in a very exorcist way, newly arrested friend is taunting Renton with ball and chains on his ankle. 

This movie is over all fucked up, but memorable and escapes you to this world...their drug addicted world. It's one of those movies that you'll remember for years to come. I believe that Trainspotting inspired 1999's Requiem for a Dream.  Watch the movie and make up your opinion. Happy watching :o)