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  • 2010
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2010
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is a ripsnorting portrait of mercurial British punk rock pioneer Ian Dury. From a troubled childhood and a battle with debilitating polio to the effects of fame on relationships and fatherhood, here are the highs and lows of a life lived sneeringly, unapologetically out loud. (Tribeca Film)

Directed By: Mat Whitecross

Written By: Paul Viragh

  • 2010
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2010
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 55 m

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is a ripsnorting portrait of mercurial British punk rock pioneer Ian Dury. From a troubled childhood and a battle with debilitating polio to the effects of fame on relationships and fatherhood, here are the highs and lows of a life lived sneeringly, unapologetically out loud. (Tribeca Film)

Directed By: Mat Whitecross

Written By: Paul Viragh

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80
Musical biopics usually replicate a star's rise and fall in depressingly predictable fashion. Hurray, then, for Mat Whitecross and his vibrantly eclectic take on what should feel like the same old story.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
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It's an energetic and vivacious film that will appeal to fans of punk rock worldwide and should find its place in the pantheon of great music-film biographies.
By Ray Bennett FULL REVIEW
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A sometimes whimsical and magical take on the life of one of Britain’s most artistically charged rock stars. Serkis shines in his role as the troubled singer.
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A new biopic of eccentric British rock legend Ian Dury, Andy Serkis uncoils a performance of spit, grit and wit so ferocious it only serves to starkly clarify how unremarkable and formulaic the rest of the movie is.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
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Its flashes of style are sometimes lively but more often seem, like the slavish period décor, to be desperate attempts to overcome the built-in inertia of the genre.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
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Paul Viragh's script is too bitty to hold it all together, and filigrees of technique fail to disguise the weaknesses in helmer Mat Whitecross' first solo flight.
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Production Company Aegis Film Fund, DJ Films, Hindsight Media, Lipsync Productions, UK Film Council
Release Date May 5, 2010
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline "There are a couple of ways to avoid death - one is to be magnificent!" Ian Dury
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Awards

London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Nominations
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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