Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy film. With some great acting and one of the best scripts to surface for a while this film is an absolute must see… and you’ll be talking about for a long time to come." Evan Williams of "The Australian" gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4 saying, "Ecstasy comes with the full bag of cinematic tricks... The film delivers a powerful and plausible climax." Rob Salem of "The Toronto Star" gave the film 3 stars out of 4 saying, "Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy is to ecstasy what Trainspotting was to heroin." Negative reviews came from critics who noted comparisons to
Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction and shortly afterward Casper is caught making heroin. His employer sends him to rehab but Casper leaves, knowing that action marks the end of his career. Casper then gets antidepressants and alcohol, goes to his lab, cooks one last batch, and commits suicide. The narrator goes into rehab and sobers up. He sees Candy the first chance he is allowed to, and she tells him she knows they have to end. They have to stay apart to be clean. "Candy" is an intense, and at times taxing, exploration of the heroin addiction shared by a young couple deeply in love.