T2: Trainspotting

"Five to ten years ago, the notion of a follow-up to Trainspotting would have filled me with dread, or at least dramatic eyerolls. And with the cinema landscape littered with sequels, prequels, and reimaginings, that’s not an unreasonable fear to have no matter how much time’s passed. Luckily for the viewer, this re-teaming of Danny Boyle with his original cast, the work of Irvine Welsh, and - crucially - screenwriter John Hodge elevates T2: Trainspotting well beyond a nostalgia-fest."

""T2," for all its noise and neon, has little to say to fill it."

"Dizzyingly meta, maddeningly broad, then oddly moving."

"It has just enough of those two ingredients that made the first film such a gem: style and soul."

"It has the same punchy energy, the same defiant pessimism, and there's nothing around like this. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other side."

"It feels so good you will find yourself going willingly for another hit."

"Although there are plenty of moments of savage humour, the highs are just not quite so high any more. There's a melancholy maturity, however, which is satisfying in its own way."

"Entertains and thrills. But most of all it makes you take a good hard look at yourself."

"Long-awaited, much-delayed and disappointingly redundant..."

"It's inventive and full of surprises."