83
Metascore
28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt would be hard to imagine a movie about drugs, depravity, and all-around bad behavior more electrifying than Trainspotting.
- 100Film.comFilm.comKeeps you engaged in this story of a memorable anti-hero for our times.
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonHeroin may be a downer, but Trainspotting definitely takes you up…a series of roaring, provocative, outrageous highs. [26 July 1996, Friday, p.C]
- 90TNT RoughCutTNT RoughCutIrresistibly bleak appeal.
- 87Mr. ShowbizF. X. FeeneyMr. ShowbizF. X. FeeneyIt's a disturbing film in the best sense.
- 80Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlEwan McGregor in a raw, funny, star-making performance.
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumA must-see.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt 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).
- 70TV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceTV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceCaptures the way drug addiction gives structure and purpose to aimless lives, and evokes the breathtaking rapture of a fix. All this and a happy ending, too.