Sid and Nancy

Name: Sid and Nancy
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Released: November 7, 1986
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Chloe Webb, Gary Oldman

1986

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Criterion Collection, The | Release Date: November 7, 1986 | R

Starring: Chloe Webb, Gary Oldman

Summary: Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder.

Director: Alex Cox

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 112 min

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Roger Ebert

Why should anyone care about a movie about two scabrous vulgarians? Because the subject of a really good movie is sometimes not that important. It's the acting, writing, and direction that count. Read full review

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Elisabeth Garber-Paul

What makes the film a classic is the skill with which the leads are so believable as heroin addicts, pivoting from intense love to hatred and dope sickness, all while maintaining the couple's signature snarl. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb dramatically and unforgettably burst from nowhere onto the screen with their searing portrayals of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and American groupie Nancy Spungen. Their performances in this embellished docudrama are so intense and definitive that they leave little room for any other memories of these doomed junkie lovers. Read full review

Empire Caroline Westbrook

Alex Cox’s retelling of the Sex Pistols’ story from the point of view of Sid (Gary Oldman) and girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb) works as both spirited punk biopic and tragically touching love story. It’s a hard film to watch at times, as Vicious plunges deeper into his heroin-induced slump, but told with skill and compassion, which make up for the onscreen squalor. Read full review

Rita Kempley

Though dark and harrowing, explicit and unsparing, the movie proves a riveting biography of these burnt-out icons and their iconoclastic half-decade. Symbolism aside, Sid & Nancy is an indelible drama of undying love and meaningless decline. Read full review

Patrick Goldstein

For viewers fascinated by punk's buffoonish energy and its slashing, guerrilla warfare against pop culture, Sid and Nancy offers a compelling portrait of two pathetic souls who overdosed on pain and unhappiness. Read full review

Paul Attanasio

The only thing that is sustained in Sid and Nancy is a tone of clinical disinterest that leaves you asking why Cox would want to make a movie about them. By the end, you know more about Sid and Nancy than you care to, and about Alex Cox, quite a bit less than you'd like. Read full review

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Aug 21, 2021

Soaked in its U.K. punk atmosphere, "Sid and Nancy" is a gripping romance that's brilliantly brutal and sympathetic for its two leads. Good work on the parts played by Oldman and Webb. The film has the guts to not be a run-of-the-mill documentary about the Sex Pistols. In contrast, it tellsSoaked in its U.K. punk atmosphere, "Sid and Nancy" is a gripping romance that's brilliantly brutal and sympathetic for its two leads. Good work on the parts played by Oldman and Webb. The film has the guts to not be a run-of-the-mill documentary about the Sex Pistols. In contrast, it tells an appropriately flavoured visual about its two volatile, tragic lovers.… Expand

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