Trainspotting Review

Whenever you talk about Danny Boyle the same topic always comes up, what is his best movie? Is it his 2008 Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire, his underrated sci-fi epic Sunshine, or the greatest zombie movie of our times 28 Days Later. All of these are valid choices; but the most common answer would be the movie that put him on the map, Trainspotting. Considered by many to be a modern day classic, Trainspotting was released in 1996 to very positive reviews and heavy box office success. This is not a glamorous movie, this isn't a movie the actors would be proud to show their kids. Each character is a scumbag, a psycho, a heroin addict, or some combination of the three. The story revolves around a young man named Renton, a long time heroin addict and loser, and his group of friends who are in the same boat as he is. Renton is at a moral crossroad in his life. On one hand he wants to get clean and just live a normal life, and on the other he doesn't really give a sh*t. But after he and a friend get arrested he pleads out and instead of jail agrees to enter rehab. But after shooting up like two days later he almost OD's, his parents decide to help him out in his recovery. So they lock him in his old room for a couple days until he's clean. After being sober for the first time in years Renton tries to get his life together, so he moves away and tries to be "normal." But as you can imagine it's not really what he wants. This is one of the most memorable movies I think I've ever seen, it's not really like anything I can think of. Start to finish this movie is funny and original; it was even nominated for best adapted screenplay (which, in my opinion, should have won). Trainspotting is a truly underrated movie that not enough people have seen. The movie is actually on Netflix if you're interested, and what I mean by that is go watch it immediately. It's pretty awesome.