My review title sums this up perfectly. I appreciate this for what it is... a masterful look at heroin abuse, friendship, and desperation in Scotland in the.late 1980s, during the AIDS outbreak. And while it is darkly amusing at times, it is, at its core, a realistic and depressing look at lives being willfully flushed down the toilet due to drugs and a lack of education and opportunity.
It's brilliant and disturbing, upsetting and dazzling, and, like the need for another fix, impossible to resist. All that said, I didn't love it, but I respect every aspect of it, from the writing and Danny Boyle's direction, to the bleak cinematography, to the incredible performances by the actors. If you're looking for a "feel good" film, this probably isn't it... but if you want to see the dark side of heroin addiction and the sordid places it can take you, this is a powerful statement film that will stick with you long after the credits end.
It's brilliant and disturbing, upsetting and dazzling, and, like the need for another fix, impossible to resist. All that said, I didn't love it, but I respect every aspect of it, from the writing and Danny Boyle's direction, to the bleak cinematography, to the incredible performances by the actors. If you're looking for a "feel good" film, this probably isn't it... but if you want to see the dark side of heroin addiction and the sordid places it can take you, this is a powerful statement film that will stick with you long after the credits end.
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