La presse française n'a pas trop apprécié...
Perso quand je vois l'accueil enthousiaste du Monde vis à vis de Rock n Roll de Canet - 3 etoiles sur 5... j'ai failli partir avant la fin, une première pour moi
Allez celle de Première :
T2 Trainspotting est donc ce commentaire joyeusement ironique, mais jamais cynique, sur une pop culture en train de se mordre la queue, en boucle perpétuelle sur elle-même, et orchestre dans ces dernières minutes une jolie pirouette méta où vingt années d’obsession culturelle pour Trainspotting semblent se dissoudre dans les limbes du temps. L’ultime plan du film dit tout ça à la perfection, et incite tous les junkies de la nostalgie que nous sommes, les addicts à la mélancolie, à ouvrir les fenêtres et à respirer un bol d’air pur. Mais pourquoi aller voir Trainspotting 2, alors ? Oh, c’est juste en souvenir du bon vieux temps. Un dernier fix avant de décrocher pour de bon.
Allez quelques critiques britsh, elles aussi mi-figue mi raisin :
The Independent - Geoffrey Macnab - 5/5
As in the first film, Boyle gives the story an epic scale, often filming the characters in full frame and avoiding the claustrophobic feeling of so much of British social realist drama.
The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw - 4/5
T2 isn’t as good as T1: it is a little too long and unwinds a bit into caper sentimentality, broad comedy and self-mythologising. But it has the same punchy energy, the same defiant pessimism, and there’s nothing around like it. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other side.
NME - Jordan Bassett - 4/5
With a soundtrack throbbing with new sounds from the likes of Wolf Alice and Young Fathers and a dazzling update on Renton’s iconic “Choose Life” speech, Danny Boyle’s served up a film that unleashes a rush almost as satisfying as the original hit.
Empire - Ian Freer - 3/5
In some senses T2 shares elements with its Terminator namesake. It’s inventive and full of surprises. But unlike Cameron’s sequel, it doesn’t reimagine the original in quite the same glorious way.
The Telegraph - Robbie Collin - 3/5
The original Trainspotting – T1, as we hopefully don’t now have to call it – was released in the UK just a month shy of 21 years ago, and so infectious was its hyper-manic, proto-Cool-Britannic charge, it’s now impossible to work out whether it was a product of its time or if the time was a product of it. There’s no chance of its successor matching that legacy, but it won’t tarnish it either: though the film feeds on its forerunner, it’s worthwhile on its own terms.
The Hollywood Reporter - Neil Young
A missed opportunity on multiple levels, T2 is stylistically an overwrought rehash which relies heavily on over-caffeinated camerawork and flashy effects.
Digital Spy - Rosie Fletcher - 3/5
If you're a fan of the original there are references, flashbacks and, yes, the sweet tourism of nostalgia to enjoy which compensate for a paucity of plot. Boyle is a good filmmaker, but this isn't a good story. And if you've never seen Trainspotting, there's basically nothing here for you at all.
Plus q'une chose à faire : son propre avis !
(et un film autre basé sur un roman de Welsh que je conseille : Ordure)