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Sid and Nancy

SID AND NANCY tells the true story of a young rock musician's rise to fame and his downfall, along with his girlfriend. The real story is very interesting, but unfortunately that doesn't always translate well into narrative form. I feel like this could have been done better as a documentary. I'm sure there is a documentary or five about it, so you might be better of checking out one of those. At least the acting is decent. But overall, this was a bit of a disappointment, despite having a few good bits in there. Do not recommend.

This starts with the death of Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb) leaving Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) catatonic as the police question him. The couple had met more than a year ago. Sid and Sex Pistols bandmate Johnny Rotten (Andrew Schofield) are on the streets doing minor vandalism. They find Nancy with another friend. She becomes a groupie. After a little time, they become a couple addicted to heroine. The band implodes during the disastrous US tour. Sid tries to go solo with Nancy managing but their desperate addiction leads to the eventual self-destruction. These are two amazing performances. Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb go into the gutter of the soul of these characters. It's raw and powerful. This is a Romeo and Juliet on heroine. I actually find Webb the wilder performance but the combination is undeniable.

Good lord. What a story. What creatures. I pity anyone who had to spend more than ten seconds within 100 feet of these cretins. I think it is merciful what they called a life was short.

What's the point of making a movie about Sid Vicious without any intent of giving into some of the deeper parts of his life. This is a terrible movie that doesn't even make much sense existing. Its a "bio" movie that's not even close to be biographical and doesn't touch the political/social tensions that give The Sex Pistols the voice they had/earned. Ridiculous.