Whereas the two cities in the Central Lowlands of Scotland had Trainspotting, then Wales's second city of Swansea had Twin Town. Despite looking quite promising with the locals, this film in fact fails to achieve all expectations of Trainspotting and reviews were patchy that in some cases, the local cinema goers around area where it was filmed claim it wasn't good mainly because it contained too much bad language. I was expecting them to be wrong at first but then I admit that they were right. If Trainspotting has considerable use of strong language with a cert 18, then Twin Town is in fact far more excessive in swearing and in one occasion the language is sometimes poorly overused together with a rather poor plot and therefore making it a bit of a dud film. Much of the younger local viewers love Twin Town and pompously claim it to be a classic and as it is known that in the 1990s, any particular area where the film was made had a high rate of car crime.

What can i say. This was a Great film that i really enjoyed. Very funny.When i first watched this film they said its a WELSH TRAINSPOTTING A Welsh Trainspotting - No. Its completely different from Trainspotting and in my opinion, better and funnier. Don't get me wrong though, Trainspotting is still a great film but i prefer this. I don't know why really, i guess its because i'm Welsh (and proud of it). And i'm happy to see they made a decent WELSH film. Trust me, if your into foreign films that speak English or if you like British comedy films, then watch this. 10/10. Best line ever was:'And this glue is for my submarines and not for sticking up your f****** noses. And don't think i don't notice because i do. Buy your own f****** glue!'

It's unfortunate that the Twin Town got stuck with the tag ‘the Welsh Trainspotting' as it's so much better then that rural moniker suggests. Kevin Allen's debut is assured piece of filmmaking, delivering a view of Swansea and Wales that the tourist board can't have been to pleased about. But this is where Allen and co-writer Paul Durden grew up and they know this world intimately. The film skewers a great many stereotypes of welsh culture and beats them into the ground.For anyone who's ever watched S4C, the film is filled with familiar faces from 'Pobl y Cwn' and the 'Pam fi Duw?'. This is probably the only time you're ever likely to see actors from ‘Pobl y Cwm' mixing it with Hollywood as Twin Town was to provide the breakout roles for both Ifans and Scott, who have gone on to bigger but not exactly better things. It is also filled with most of director's Kevin Allen's immediate family (including brother Keith, yes that one). Now if only Ifans would make a movie starring the two Franks and I'd be very happy indeed.

Being a Swansea girl originally, I had no trouble in deciphering the accents...Swansea is indeed an Ugly, Lovely City, and the stark and honest portrayal of life in the dull valleys of south Wales, where unemployment is high, was a piece of script writing and directing genius. The Lewis "twins" were played brilliantly by the Evans brothers, and their honest and forthright portrayal of two youngsters bored with the humdrum life was refreshing and gritty. The human touch in this film was evident from the start, and in many areas it seemed to have an almost Docu Drama type genre, which added to the realism. It is unfair to compare Twin town to Trainspotting, as there are no comparisons to be made, both should be viewed as independant films, and to link them together does the would be viewer no justice. Twin Town has all the elements of a great movie, Comedy, Drama, and in combining these,the viewer cannot help but become attached to the characters. This film made me laugh, gasp and cry.A stroke of Pure Genius.