A great movie

I saw this one when it was released in the theaters and I must have been about 15 years old back then. Even though it is nowadays pretty much forgotten, I think it is a shame and it really blew me away. This was the first movie directed by Danny Boyle and one of the first starring Ewan McGregor and, of course, I didn't know those guys before watching this flick but they quickly became some of the most highly regarded British director and actor. However, McGregor shouldn't be the only one to be praised, Kerry Fox and Christopher Eccleston were also quite fascinating and concerning Fox, it is a shame that, except for 'An Angel at My Table', she hasn't done anything really amazing in the rest of her career. Anyway, I think that, in this movie, they managed to perfectly mix very different genres with tremendous success. I thought it was very original and actually, I do believe it is a great masterpiece. Since then, I have seen all the movies directed by Danny Boyle and even though I enjoyed every single one of those, even though some of those were very really amazing, it is still my favorite one after all these years. To conclude, I think it is a great dark and unsettling tale with some fascinating 3 dimensional characters and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Danny Boyle's work.

9/10