Trainspotting (6.6/10)

I have a hard time sometimes separating a well-acted, well-made film from a film I actually enjoyed watching, and Trainspotting is a perfect example of that gap. This is a 1996 movie that's beloved by critics and sits high on every "best British films" list, and I get why — the direction is sharp, the point of view is unique, and the acting across the board is genuinely great, especially from Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle. But as much as I can respect the craft, I just wasn't the biggest fan of the actual experience of watching it. It's not a rewatch for me, and I don't think I'd go out of my way to recommend it outside of "it's a classic you should probably see once.""Heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Begbie (Robert Carlyle), Spud (Ewen Bremner) and Tommy (Kevin McKidd). He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane (Kelly Macdonald), 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."