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Originally Posted by jackhammer
Very much true to Welsh's vernacular than Trainspotting but it's a messy film. It perfectly encapsulates the book but I should imagine it would be best seen whilst on the same drugs as many of the characters.
Definitely worth a watch though. The director went on to make Gangster No. 1 and Lucky Number Slevin which are decent films too.
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I was a little surprised that they used "A Soft Touch" as one of their stories and not "Eurotrash" which I think would have made a far better (and funnier) short story. It definitely feels more like an Irvine Welsh project, but he wrote the screen play so he had far more creative control over the dialogue. Definitely is a messy film though... but there's a certain charm to it that I can't help but at least admire.
The scene where Boab met God in the pub was so well done too, easily my favorite scene in the film.