Trainspotting . Weekly Alibi . 07-31-96

Trainspotting

DIRECTED BY: Danny Boyle

REVIEWED: 07-31-96

Gritty/grotty tale of four heroin addicts/soccer hooligans in low-rent Scotland and their daily pursuit of nothing much. Director Danny Boyle(who gave us last year's zippy Shallow Grave) directs with a master's touch, filling the screen with energy and quirky visuals. Alternately a harrowingly honest portrait of drug addiction and an amazingly witty black comedy about the slacker generation. Not a pretty picture by any means, but an electric journey for the strong of stomach.

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