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  • 1986
  • R
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 1986
  • R
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  • 1 h 52 m

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.

Directed By: Alex Cox

Written By: Abbe Wool, Alex Cox

  • 1986
  • R
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 1986
  • R
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  • 1 h 52 m

Sid and Nancy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
76
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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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.

Directed By: Alex Cox

Written By: Abbe Wool, Alex Cox

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Sid & Nancy, in its first half, offers an immersive plunge into the punk lifestyle, capturing with wit and verve its anti-authoritarian sneer and DIY ethos, before then slowly circling the drain during a dour second half given over to disillusion and dissolution.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
89
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.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
88
A shockingly effective portrait of the destructive power of drugs told through the true-life story of English punk rocker Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, the American groupie who became his lover.
By Gene Siskel FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Caroline Westbrook FULL REVIEW
70
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.
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Sid and Nancy rages with a vitriolic fury which eventually becomes tiresome.
By Matthew Anderson FULL REVIEW
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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.
By Paul Attanasio FULL REVIEW

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7.2
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Production Company Initial Pictures, U.K. Productions Entity, Zenith Entertainment
Release Date Nov 7, 1986
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
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Tagline Love kills
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Awards

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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