Trainspotting
Taste attributes: crimedramacomedyfresh & originalunsavouryrealisticsurrealgrittycomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfighting evilself destruction/implosionsocial commentarytroubled leadsunlikely connections
"Choose life."
Boxlist takeA morally murky, original crime drama, gritty rather than glossy. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, 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.
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Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Channel Four Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
