You can stop worrying, 21 years may have passed but T2 Trainspotting is every bit as brilliant as you’ve been hoping
The entire gang are back, and Danny Boyle's long-awaited sequel is perfectly tragic, funny and sexy
Sat in the sneak peek screening of of the most widely anticipated movies this year, I’ve not seen this many nervous 40-somethings since the Stone Roses walked back on stage.
21 years after Trainspotting changed, created, hell, SHAPED an entire generation, the entire team are back.
Iggy Pop is banging, drugs are flying around with more abandon than a housewarming at Supernova Heights and veggie is on the loose again.
But is it any good? Can it still speak to us old farts in the same way now we’ve all got mortgages and stiff knees?
OH MY GOD. YES. YES. YES.
There were so many ways this film could go wrong, but it nails it in every single way.
The plot may be a teensy bit slack, but the script, the acting, the unbelievable directing from Danny Boyle is a sight to behold.
This is Ewan Mcgregor’s best film in years and my god.. Robert Carlyle’s performance of a lifetime (and that’s saying something).
As the whole film is based on regret, growing old and how much we depend on our roots, it manages to tread the fine line between nostalgia and revelling in past glories extremely well.
It has flashbacks, re-enactments and is crammed full of easter-eggs and shot recreations that will please fans of the original without alienating newcomers.
You don't need to have seen (or even particularly liked) its predecessor to enjoy this.
It’s tragic, funny, sexy, sad, violent, foul-mouthed, absurd and utterly, utterly tremendous.