Reviews of Sid & Nancy 1986
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Why the hell is Gary Oldman so damn hot in almost everything he does? Even when he's depicting the junkie Sid Vicious.
It's sort of hard to believe I've never watched this movie until now. I've known all about the Sid & Nancy "love" story for years and years and while watching the film really didn't shed any new light on the situation it was interesting to see the story play out in front of me, especially when re-enacted by two…
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But Sidney's more than a mere bass player. He's a fabulous disaster. He's a symbol, a metaphor, he embodies the dementia of a nihilistic generation. He's a fuckin' star.
-MalcolmA lot of people bring baggage with them when watching this film. What they think of The Sex Pistols or Sid Vicious in particular tends to effect what they think of the movie. If you can leave that behind you and watch this movie as simply a movie you'll find…
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It's sloppy. Largely without structure. Highly repetitive. Fairly grating. Loud. Jarring. Without much rhyme or reason.
And utterly beautiful.
Anchored by terrific work by Chloe Webb and a Gary Oldman performance that is truly some of the most powerful acting I have ever seen, Sid & Nancy is a raw and powerful love letter to two of the most reprehensible and wonderful people to ever fall into the public eye.
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I watched this when I was younger, so it was nice to revisit. It has been one of my favourite movies since I was younger. I got into the Sex Pistols around 12, well I got into punk rock in general around that age. Works not only has a great biopic but a great period piece as well. Gary Oldman is fantastic in this movie, he had Sid down to a key.
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I fucking love this movie. Yes, they went super over dramatic with it, and they looked nothing like the Sex Pistols, but I fucking love Gary Oldman, and he did an amazing job as Sid Vicious. I have been a Sex Pistols fan for a really fucking long time, and this has been one of my favorite movies. I appreciate you Alex Cox, unlike Hollywood.
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Having recently watched Alex Cox's Repo Man, I thought I would check out his next film, the scrappy punk biopic of the relationship between Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.
Now, no-one would ever say that Sid Vicious was one of the greatest minds of his generation, but, by most accounts, there was more to him than what is displayed in this. In real life he was Simon Ritchie, the shy art student with a chaotic upbringing who eventually became trapped…
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After seeing a dubbed VHS with the title "Sid & Nancy" scribbled with my dad's handwriting on a yellow Kodak VHS sticker, I never picked this film up and popped it in the VCR. I was too busy checking out my dad's sci-fi collection of dubbed tapes. I recently saw this thanks to the Blu-Ray Release. Oldman's performance is entrancing and Cox's direction is pretty steady. Webb's performance isn't to be dismissed either but I just don't like the character of Nancy.
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I'll be the first to admit I'm fairly ignorant when it comes to the life of Sid Vicious, and the career of the Sex Pistols in general. Of course I know of their great influence in music, but I didn't know much else.
I think that made me enjoy this movie even more. I wasn't looking at the character on screen, and doubting this or that, or comparing the wonderful Gary Oldman to Vicious, I was just able to enjoy it for what it was. And it was pretty friggin' good!