In an era in which every movie seems way longer
than it has to be, this one packs a whole multiplex worth of black-and-blue comedy into 94 minutes.
The film is about joy--in conniving and surviving, in connecting with audiences, in its own fizzy,
jizzy style. And that's why, compared with it, most other films look zombified. Death hangs like crape
over Renton and his mates, but the movie couldn't be more vital. So say it without irony: Trainspotting
chooses life.
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