PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Trainspotting
Directed by Danny Boyle · 1996
Quick Verdict
Trainspotting (1996) has a 87% Celluloid Score — our average across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
87%
Celluloid Score Recommended Averaged from 5 sources
89% Critic Score
96% Audience
83 Metascore
★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4.2
8.1 IMDb /10
Is Trainspotting worth watching?
Yes — Trainspotting earns a 87% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
Boyle's kinetic adaptation of Irvine Welsh became the defining British cult film of the 1990s.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Audiences (96%) responded more warmly than critics (89%).
What is Trainspotting about?
Heroin addicts in Edinburgh navigate friendship, betrayal, and survival in a punk-inflected portrait of wasted youth and fleeting joy.
Critic Reviews
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