I'm told that most people are pretty familiar with the movie Trainspotting. However, I saw it for the first time on Netflix last night. It was excellent.
Ewan McGregor, or someone who looks suspiciously like a young Ewan McGregor with his hair shaved off, plays a young (looks to be 25-27) junkie who decides to give up smack. This goes well for a while, prior to a relapse, and final period of cold turkey rehab. The story focuses on the addiction, the effects of withdrawal, and the lengths addicts will go to in order to support their habit. Finally, it includes a last redemption in which the protagonist leaves the people who hold him down and repeatedly drag him back into the mire of addiction and failure.
The film is mostly plot- and style-driven, with a bit of character development. By that, I mean that it has a mildly quirky style that it plays up to good effect, and it focuses on events more than the people experiencing them. Some of the dialogue is entirely incomprehensible, because it's spoken in Scots slang. Much like English slang, Scots slang is very difficult to understand for folks who speak standard English.
I would strongly recommend this movie to anyone.
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