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16 Years of Alcohol

EMAILPRINTTartan USA

16 Years of Alcohol reviews
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9.0 User Score:

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama  |  Foreign

Written by: Richard Jobson

Directed by: Richard Jobson

Release Date:
Theatrical: March 18, 2005
DVD: May 24, 2005

Running Time: 102 minutes, Color

Origin: UK

Summary

RATING: R for pervasive language, some violent content and sexual material

Starring Kevin McKidd, Stuart Sinclair Blyth, Ewen Bremner, John Comerford, Lisa May Cooper, Colvin Cruickshank, Anne Downie, and Laura Fraser

Kevin McKidd plays Frankie, in this semi-autobiographical tale expressed mainly in flashbacks. As a grown man, Frankie is faced with the choice of falling backwards into alcohol-soaked violence, or facing up to his dubious past. To do this, he has to explore what led him there and break the cycle in which he finds himself trapped, if he is to achieve his dream of finding (and keeping) true love. (Tartan Films)

What The Critics Said

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75

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

But the film has a poetic pulse, its ups and downs accompanied by some smartly chosen pop songs, a seductive original score and McKidd's husky voice-over narration.

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70

The Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett

A full-flavored, absorbing tragedy.

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70

Variety Derek Elley

The highly directed film adopts a semi-impressionistic approach more European than British in flavor, aided by a terrific central performance by Kevin McKidd and painterly lensing by John Rhodes.

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70

Village Voice Dennis Lim

16 Years' greatest asset may be its star: Trainspotting's McKidd, coiled and queasy, transcends the dubious romanticism and hard-man clichés of his role -- he exudes a commanding air of constancy in a film that teeters between the rapturous and the ridiculous.

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60

Chicago Reader Meredith Brody

Episodic and patchy, but well acted and heartfelt.

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50

The New York Times Janet Maslin

The tedium of this antidrinking hoodlum's tale inspires the wrong kind of longing entirely.

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50

TV Guide Ken Fox

Overall, it's a seriously flawed but impressive and promising debut.

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50

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Despite reams of maudlin narration, McKidd's powerful performance as a conflicted man makes this beautifully shot low-budget feature worth checking out.

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50

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

The pacing soon grows dull and the frequent narration is a nonstop string of clichés, platitudes, and truisms that should have been flung out the cutting-room window.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein

A pretty ugly movie in its own right.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

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