Sid & Nancy
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Movie Reviews of Sid & Nancy
Movie Review: The Passion of Sid and Nancy
Summary: 5 Stars
"Sid and Nancy" is Alex Cox's electrifying biopic from 1986 about Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his brief, fatal fling with Nancy Spungen. Gary Oldman is excellent as the first punk rocker (there's even a cameo by the Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop),while Chloe Webb is powerful as the deeply troubled,and most likely schizophrenic/manic-depressive Nancy. In an ironic twist, Courtney Love stars as one of Nancy's junkie friends--and that was before there was that little Seattle grunge band called Nirvana.
"Sid and Nancy" chronicles the couple's journey of sex,drugs, and rock n' roll. The couple is self-destructive- from Nancy's addiction to Sid's violence against himself. The two share a fatal attraction. Sid Vicious goes from fronting the Sex Pistols to living a claustophrobe's nightmare of addiction in his apartment with Nancy. They love each other, they hate each other, they're violent, needly--and sometimes sensual. Alex Cox perfectly depicts the punk rock era. There are some self-referential digs at its predecessor,the hippie era-such as Johnny Rotten mocking sex as ugly and degrading, or Nancy freaking out when she thinks she looks like Stevie Nicks. Music is used deftly throughout- to represent fine living, Beethoven's music is played (Oldman would later star in "Immortal Beloved") and before the credits,the final music is disco. Though the movie is about the Sex Pistols, ironically, there's no Sex Pistols music (it's Joe Strummer, the Pogues, etc) Cox is also a visual auteur-from the growing darkness of the film's harrowing final half hour, to the pair kissing among falling garbage. Vicious' rendition of "My Way" is a trippy spectacle. Sometimes,the line between reality and hallucination is thin.
"Sid and Nancy" is an excellent biopic because PUNK ROCK IS NOT FOR THE WEAK!
Movie Review: 80s Film, Yeah
Summary: 5 Stars
Of the five American films made in the 1980s I would save at all costs, three are by Alex Cox, which I like to think says more about his brilliance than it does about the wretchedness of that decade. Cox is above all a political filmmaker, which is both why he can't get a film produced in this country, and also one of the reasons many people don't understand "Sid & Nancy." The idea behind the film is that while you could do what you wanted in the anarchic late 1970s and it was all good, or at least not all bad, you really were a disposable piece of garbage in Reagan's America. So while the historical action depicted takes place in the 1970s, the film itself is firmly set in 1986. When Sid looks out the window of his room at the Chelsea, it's 23rd street in all its 1986 madness, the Iggy Pop character has New Wave hair, the cars are all mid-1980s and Gary Oldham is about the age Sid would have been had he not died in 1979. At any rate, anyone who watches this film has to contend with Chloe Webb's performance as Nancy Spungen. While Gary Oldham is good enough as Sid, this is Webb's film, which makes sense, as "Sid & Nancy" is less about the Sex Pistols than it is about being poor and marginalized in the US. Webb is so good in the scenes with her dealer, here called "Bowery," that she never had to act again, which she more or less didn't. I reckon no one noticed just what a knockout beauty she is, but you can, if you see the final scenes of the film. Just be prepared to spend some time completely devastated afterward.Movie Review: The Brilliance of Alex Cox
Summary: 5 Stars
Where did Alex Cox go? This brilliant, satirical director just got swallowed up in the shift of cinematic tastes. Of the three movies I've seen of his (the other two being Repo Man and Straight to Hell) This is his most poetic and gentle. It is a harrowing look at drug addicition and the struggles of young love. The ultimate question it leaves is potent and strikes home with a raging fist: Without the heroin would Sid and Nancy have lived happily ever after? I guess it's a question that cannot be answered, but the movie shows their love and passion for each other in spite of the turbulence both of their lives had to endure. This is powerful storytelling. Gary Oldman is fantastic as Sid Viscious, the ill-fated bassist of The Sex Pistols. Chloe Webb is amazing as his drug-addled wife Nancy. You can see the definite protective nature of each other throughout the film. They truly loved each other, but it was the poor choices they made that ultimately destroyed them. This is a tear-jerker, people. I highly recommend this movie to film buffs and romantics. This is Alex Cox's most brutal statement. Please, Mr. Cox, come back! We need this man's artistic vision in the film world once again. He is truly a guerilla of the motion picture industry.Movie Review: Depressing, provocative, mesmerizing.
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie for the first time when I was but a lad of 14. It made quite an impression, and I have been a Gary Oldman fan ever since. If you too find him to be one of the finest actors of our time, then you too should see this incredible debut performance. He plays Sid Vicious so well, it's hard to picture the real Sid Vicious dead. The movie follows the fateful punk rocker from the beginnings of the Sex Pistols, through his lack luster solo career, and to the eventual deaths of both Nancy Spungen, and himself. Throughout, the bizarre, and self-destructive relationship threatens to rip the whole story apart. Webb does an awesome job playing Nancy Spungen, and is at times so bloody annoying you wouldn't mind stabbing her to death in some seedy hotel room in NYC either.
This movie is quite draining though, as it's long, and as I've said, depressing. But the writing, directing, and acting are all superb. For all of you out there who want to know more of the story, you should check out a book called "And I don't want to live this life." It was written by Deborah Spungen (Nancy Spungens mom), and it chronicles Nancy's' turbulent life from beginning to end. A good read.
Movie Review: mind blowing!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The tragic brutal love story of the "sex pistols" base player Sid Vicious and his American girlfriend Nancy Spungen. These performances are amazing. Gary Oldmen should have won an Oscar. This movie should have been nominated at least. I'd rather have this win best picture than "platoon". This is a depressing dark story, which could be funny at times. I'm not really a big "Sex Pistols" fan but this movie I still say this is one of the greatest movie of all time. I'm not saying it is but one of. This movie will get you interested in "Sex Pistols". Gary Oldmen and Chloe Webb are amazing in this film. They each should have won an Oscar, because this movie is just amazing showing Love Kills. The movie is really great which sometimes could make you cry. Not that I did you know but you know somebody. The thing that sucks is the Criterion Collection is out of print. Then you have to get it on ebay for 50 bucks I mean c'mon. If you haven't seen this, even if you aren't not a big "Sex Pistols" fan, you will love this film.