Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

bettycjung 6/26/18. Maybe 2 1/2 stars. Good acting by Oldman and Webb captured the chaotic drug-infused lifestyle of Sid and Nancy, Most of the time it was hard to watch their self-destructiveness which knew would end badly. And, it did.

capone666 Sid and NancyLike EDM musicians, Hip-Hop artists and Pop vocalists, Punk rockers can make millions without ever knowing how to play a musical instrument.Case in point, the maladroit bassist in this drama.At the height of the Sex Pistols' popularity, crusty punker Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) is introduced to American groupie Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb). Although he's warned by his band mate Johnny Rotten (Andrew Schofield) and their manager Malcolm McLaren (David Hayman) to steer clear, Sid is drawn to Nancy and her stash of heroin. The volatile union inevitably destroys the band before terminating the star-crossed lovers themselves in true punk fashion.While Oldman's acting début manages to electrify, auteur Alex Cox' 1986 adaptation of the 1978 events marginalizes lead singer Rotten's importance in the band's success, while glamourizing Vicious' drug abuse and his bad musicianship. Incidentally, if drugs didn't kill Sid Vicious, hearing himself in a car commercial would've. Yellow Light

sofea5216 In Sid and Nancy, writer and director, Cox deploys an arsenal of events in the making of the morbid reality of life and death of the ever so distinguished British glamour punk-rock most tragic couple Sid and Nancy. Cox rendition of Sid and Nancy is perhaps the most subtle work of art that truly highlighted the story of the destructive pair through a stimulating concept of humanity from the threshold of the former Sex Pistol's bass player who was famously known for his wild and irrefutable rowdy antics. Played by Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious together with Chloe Webb who took over the role of young schizophrenic Nancy, displayed a body of electrifying screen play in depicting this heartfelt, sad and treacherous love and tragedy of the young couple. An Oscar deserving Oldman gave an eerie resemblance of Sid Vicious enigma as a young wild child who at the tender age of 19 has managed to squeeze 4 lifetimes of revolt and blackball in just 12 months streak as the bassist of Sex Pistol's becoming legendary for being the first to rebel and the first to die. In our desperate attempts to believe there was nothing good in their lives and nothing good will ever come if we care to give them a moment of our time, Cox defeat our ideology by infusing the couple with a sense of humanity, rare and momentary instances of love that we so wanted to believe never existed in the couples misadventures. Instead of giving us the symbolic bedlams of drugs, violence and anarchy in the greater pretext of ten folds, Sid and Nancy simultaneously maintains a small edge of altruism that leaves behind a greater impact on the viewers rather than all the gory lineage that they were famously known for.Sid and Nancy keeps a religiously close track to the tales of the revolting and outrageous adventures of the pair as we get to witness the violent streaks between the two, Sid's infamous flesh mutilating escapades and the famous Chelsea Hotel room fire ignited by the two, which is beautifully interlaced with legendary Sex Pistols concerts, the era of their falling right up to the unfortunate passing of Nancy Spungen and Sid's arrest in New York.Here, you witness a couple who throughout their deteriorating cataclysm has many times no matter how small an effort did try to set their lives straight in their otherwise chaotic structure. Some of the most prevalent moments were initially seen at the pub where a a moment of solid poignancy managed to eternally set the tone of dismissal apart. Sid's preliminary despise to the American groupie turns into sympathy after witnessing an assault bestowed on her shortly after she was ripped off and bushed whacked. Sidney who saw the whole scenario from afar, finds Nancy sobbing outside and offers her some comfort through one of the most eccentric ways known by human kind. We also note Nancy's classic line here and one that notes the many paradoxes of the couple 'Never trust a junkie' ideology. It was a heartbreaking realisation to see the novelty of the beginning of a tragic tale of love and death that first started with less to no interest in the early providence to evolving as the final shot of a Russian Roulette kind of game. An absolute masterpiece out of the rather impressive vault of Cox, he ends the flick in the most admirable ways by refuting the question 'Did Sid truly kill Nancy' dead-wringer that still lacks an answer 3 decades after her death in room 100, Chelsea Hotel. Sid Vicious retires from life in a beautiful manner shortly after giving us his admirable Pogo dance before he escapes into the ulterior setting of life in the other dimension, safe and secured in the hands of his soulmate, Nancy Spungen.Honourable mentions for the rest of the cast members who put up an effective work of art, passion and charisma to bring this sad tale to life. It took me so long to get to this movie but after watching it once, i watched it 3 times in one week. All humans can be animals when there's a desire to act up to the dark sides of our existence and for the likes of Sid and Nancy, it becomes a label and void of a generation. When someone finally comes through and give them the credits they deserve in a less beastly ways it's not only brilliant, it's honourable. Everyone was reckless once but not everyone lived to pay their dues, for the rest of us, we died too young.

namashi_1 'Sid and Nancy' is a depressing, devastating motion-picture, that works for 2 reasons: Gary Oldman & Chloe Webb. Both of the actors are Mesmerising in their portrayals.'Sid and Nancy' portrays the life of Sid Vicious, bassist of the seminal punk rock band the Sex Pistols, and his relationship with girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen unfold on celluloid as ambitious but harmful people. They are addicted to the wrong stuff, they lack a good tongue, but they aren't horrible people. They are simply among those people, where their addiction takes over their lives. As mentioned, this biopic is depressing & devastating, its not meant for the faint-hearted.Alex Cox & Abbe Wool's Screenplay is devastating yet brutally honest. Alex Cox's Direction, on the other-hand, is appropriate. Oldman as Sid & Webb as Nancy are truly Mesmerising! Oldman is a master actor, he can never be doubted. Webb as Nancy, well words fail to justify her portrayal. Both of the actors deserved Oscar-Noimnations, but they were robbed & how! On the whole, 'Sid and Nancy' isn't for the faint-hearted, but for those who have a stomach for such brutally honest films, should NOT give it a miss.