86
Avg Score
Critic Scores
IMDb
8.1/10
765284 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
83/100
Metascore
Overview
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 as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
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Details
- Director
- Danny Boyle
- Writer
- Irvine Welsh, John Hodge
- Released
- 09 Aug 1996
- Box office
- $16,491,080
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 35 nominations total
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