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.
Trainspotting has generally received very positive reviews.
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Trainspotting was released in 1996 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 855 reviews, giving Trainspotting (1996) an average rating of 84%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 85% and users giving an average score of 85%.
With a score of 84%, Trainspotting is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
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