bjarias A favorite film... this is a film about drugs, but not only about drugs. It's a wonderful little surprise film about a beautiful love story, and redemption ("I don't want to be with you forever... I need to be with you forever."). The leads are marvelous together. Kristin Kreuk is a superb young actor, and a dream girl .. bit.ly/11dIBrp .. The entire cast is absolutely perfect. This is a terrific non-Hollywood film with few, if any flaws. And with a great film ending music track 'Movin On Up' by Primal Scream .. bit.ly/zvzqcK .. Am so glad decided to ignore the original rating numbers (and followed Kristin), it is SO much better than that (as evidenced by the fact it keeps creeping up in the ratings).

kosmasp Even if no one tells you, that the novel this is based on is by the same author who wrote "Trainspotting", you'd get that after a couple of minutes for sure. It's too early to really tell, but Ewan McGregor this ain't. Still the central performance is really good and you get the ever beautiful K. Kreuk.Story-wise you shouldn't expect much. Very predictable and some cliché scenes, with a bad guy who relishes in his role, but almost gets underplayed by the characters inabilities. Our main character is as mostly in this cases one of his own worst enemies. Decent little thriller that has all the right ingredients, but never fully takes off

Ray S I saw this in Toronto at the North by Northeast (NXNE) festival. It took me back to my university days in England when I attended a few all night raves and witnessed some of the prevalent drug culture that surrounds such events. The cinematography and music was just right and made you feel that you were inside the dance clubs experiencing the atmosphere and excitement. I enjoyed the performances of Adam Sinclair, Carlo Rota and Billy Boyd who all played opposing neurotic characters. The movie highlighted the temporary perceived highs of ecstasy while showing how the reality of life can be a real downer. After watching the movie it made me appreciate all the work that was undertaken behind the scenes to get the funding and cast together which took over a decade!

kieran_sekuloff I am a huge fan of Irvine Welsh and particularly his book Ecstasy. Trainspotting was adapted to film as good as anyone could imagine or wish to try. Ecstasy on the other hand is the biggest load of .... that i have ever seen. The cinematography was occasionally pleasant. The fact that they missed out 2/3's of the actual story and turned the remaining 1/3 into some kind of drug romance from a perspective of someone who has possibly lived in a box for their entire life watching only Disney movies and daytime soaps whilst not understanding the culture they are trying to portray in the slightest. I found myself looking away from the screen many times with absolute embarrassment and disgust at how cliché and lame parts could be, considering Irvine Welsh writes such amazing work. The tough guy character is completely unbelievable as is the lameness of the unrealistic soppy romance film that it tries to become. "Love is adventure" on the main characters shirt, and not even as a joke, was the icing on the cake to the WORST film i have ever seen. If it was not stated that it was based on the novel it would be difficult to guess. I hope Mr Welsh chooses more wisely whom can portray his masterpieces in the future.