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  • 2005
  • R
  • Palisades Tartan
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Palisades Tartan
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary 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 ...

Directed By: Richard Jobson

Written By: Richard Jobson

  • 2005
  • R
  • Palisades Tartan
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Palisades Tartan
  • 1 h 42 m

16 Years of Alcohol

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary 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 ...

Directed By: Richard Jobson

Written By: Richard Jobson

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
57
40% Positive
4 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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57
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60% Mixed
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75
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.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
70
A full-flavored, absorbing tragedy.
By Ray Bennett FULL REVIEW
50
A pretty ugly movie in its own right.
By Ruthe Stein FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
50
Overall, it's a seriously flawed but impressive and promising debut.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
50
The tedium of this antidrinking hoodlum's tale inspires the wrong kind of longing entirely.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW

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3.3
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25% Mixed
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Production Company Tartan Works Ltd.
Release Date Mar 18, 2005
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating R
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Awards

British Independent Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Dinard British Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 2 Nominations

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