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Alex Cox's riveting biopic tells the bleak, heroin-drenched story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his disturbed American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Gary Oldman delivers a bravura performance as Sid, matched by Chloe Webb's grating, clearly unhinged Nancy. The two lovers' childlike tenderness with each other contrasts .. Read more

Starring	Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, Courtney Love, Kathy Burke
Director	Alex Cox
Genres	Drama

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- Some have said stimulating, most have preferred revolting. Consensus, an example of the dregs to which cinema has been reduced.
- 30698
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
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  Pretty Vacant
  
  You can either do this kind of thing as a 100% accurate factual biopic or as an allegorical fairytale fable type thing - both have been known to work extremely ... read more »
  
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  - scoopmuldoon
  - 5 reviews
  - newton le willows
  - 15 Jan 2004 at 14:20
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  not bad
  
  this film is definitely good no doubt about that, but I think it has some extra bits in for dramatisation effect, I know that Johnny Rotton said the film was ... read more »
  
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- - cheesekake
  - 768 reviews
  - uk
  - 02 Jun 2012 at 14:02
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  Even Gary can't save it
  
  I thought this was a terrible film. I am a massive fan of Gary Oldman but even he can't save this and I have to say it is, for me, the worst film he has ... read more »
  
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- - rednut39
  - 6 reviews
  - 05 May 2012 at 22:51
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  Entertaining yet awful
  
  Although the story line itself was very interesting, the film did not quite pull it off by its terrible casting. Seeing as the real Nancy was 20 when she died, ... read more »
  
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  - South Wales
  - 17 Jan 2012 at 11:11
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  good old Sid
  
  big Oldman fan , but have never seen this before . decent description of the commercial aspect of part of the punk scene(i was around at the time)
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - largestalan
  - 8 reviews
  - Bingley
  - 13 Aug 2011 at 20:18
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  Punktastic, but hard going
  
  Yea well what to day, depressing outcome oF a child like alleged musician, who was a sHow pony for Mclaren really. Very sa,d but in many ways he was doomed from... read more »
  
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- - Colonel1968
  - 138 reviews
  - 27 Jul 2011 at 13:16
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  Regrets....by god he had a few!!!!!
  
  So this is a tricky one as the death of Nancy could have been an unsolved murder really as Sid, when interviewed was so off his head he couldn't actually ... read more »
  
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- - Karen931
  - 212 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 30 Jun 2010 at 19:15
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  good for those nostalgic for punk
  
  not a bad portrayal , good acting from Gary Oldman. although it begs the question what he saw in her really. they were well and truly F**cked up.
  
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  - Cambridge
  - 24 Nov 2009 at 17:52
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  sid and nancy
  
  this is an excellent film. i am a bit to young to know much about the sex pistols or punk music but after watching this film i started appreciating the '... read more »
  
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  - lanarkshire
  - 03 Feb 2009 at 16:47
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  quite disturbing to watch sids downward spiral into herion addiction and ultimate death
  
  worth a watch if you were , or are a pistols fan .
  
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  - Greenford
  - 05 Nov 2008 at 19:21
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  sid & nancy
  
  Pity they couldn't get them to play themselves. There are powerful images, but it seems little overlong which is strange because Cox.'s Repo Man somehow... read more »
  
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  - london, england
  - 14 Aug 2007 at 19:12
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- - 8
  - 1
  Pretty Vacant
  
  You can either do this kind of thing as a 100% accurate factual biopic or as an allegorical fairytale fable type thing - both have been known to work extremely ... read more »
  
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- 297543
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  - scoopmuldoon
  - 5 reviews
  - newton le willows
  - 15 Jan 2004 at 14:20
- - 6
  - 3
  Possibly the worst film ever
  
  I like this genre of film - I loved 'Trainspotting' - but I have to say I HATED this film. It's just plain ugly. You hate the characters, you don... read more »
  
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- - Minimoo
  - London
  - 18 Nov 2004 at 10:34
- - 4
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  A very bizarre love story
  
  While this film may, at first glances, appear to be a biography of the Sex Pistols, and Sid Vicious in particular, deep down it is really a love story, of the ... read more »
  
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- - Richard Gosling
  - Aberdeen, Scotland
  - 23 Jun 2004 at 08:29
- - 2
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  Good movie if you enjoy old school punk
  
  Stands up as fiction by itself, bolstered by the fact it is based (fairly well) on real events. Captures feelings of disappointment due to the Pistols' ... read more »
  
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- - KappaKoo
  - West Yorkshire
  - 01 Jun 2004 at 21:13
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  pistol whipping
  
  a movie about sid vicious, which focuses not on the sex pistols but on his relationship with nancy. gary oldman is great, but only gets the opportunity to show ... read more »
  
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  - poole
  - 04 Nov 2004 at 23:53
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  Regrets....by god he had a few!!!!!
  
  So this is a tricky one as the death of Nancy could have been an unsolved murder really as Sid, when interviewed was so off his head he couldn't actually ... read more »
  
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- - Karen931
  - 212 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 30 Jun 2010 at 19:15
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  Entertaining yet awful
  
  Although the story line itself was very interesting, the film did not quite pull it off by its terrible casting. Seeing as the real Nancy was 20 when she died, ... read more »
  
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  - South Wales
  - 17 Jan 2012 at 11:11
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  - 4
  Trainspotting but with a boredom factor
  
  Yes this is the story of Sid & Nancy.
  
  Its not bad if you want to understand what they were like, but to be honest it seemed to drag on a bit.read more »
  
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- - Stuart Somers
  - Plymouth
  - 26 Dec 2003 at 17:10
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  Starts very funny, ...
  
  Starts very funny, ends very tragic. Bit like punk, really. Fantastic performance by Chloe Webb and Gary Oldman. It's the sort of film, that's great to ... read more »
  
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- - Joseph#16
  - LEEDS
  - 20 Apr 2004 at 17:35
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  WELL WORTH A WATCH
  
  If you were a music fan in the 70's you will love this film purely because of who the story is about. Sid Vicious was an incredible and relentless character... read more »
  
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- - Rob M
  - East Anglia, England
  - 14 Nov 2004 at 04:22

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Critics' reviews
- Some have said stimulating, most have preferred revolting. Consensus, an example of the dregs to which cinema has been reduced.
- 30698
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
- As Cox has been at pains to point out, this is not the story of the Sex Pistols but a love story pure and simple. And... read more on Time Out
- 43867
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...One of the most original films of the '80s, an unlikely mix of black comedy and realistic tragedy..." -- Rating: A
- 8564
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...A sordid, intentionally ugly and sometimes unexpectedly beautiful film....Played vividly by [Oldman and Webb]..."
- 8566
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...A true romance..." - Recommended
- 8567
- - Premiere
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Ghastly but funny..."
- 8565
- - Film Comment
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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- Sid and Nancy
  
  Alex Cox's riveting biopic tells the bleak, heroin-drenched story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his disturbed American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Gary Oldman delivers a bravura performance as Sid, matched by Chloe Webb's grating, clearly unhinged Nancy. The two lovers' childlike tenderness ...