Andrew Schofield, Chloe Webb, David Hayman

"Sid and Nancy" is the sad, sordid story of Sid Vicious, a member of the seminal British punk group The Sex Pistols, and his doomed relationship with his American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.

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R, 1 hr. 51 min.

Directed by: Alex Cox

Release Date: August 29, 1986

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DVD Release Date: December 19, 2000

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  • September 16, 2009
    Gary Oldman has played a huge array of characters, Lee Harvey Oswald, Dracula, Ludwig van Beethoven, and he is good as all of them but for me, his portrayal of Sid Vicious is his finest.
  • June 30, 2009
    Though I've never been a fan of The Sex Pistols I did, years ago, read a biography of Nancy Spungen that was written by her mother. Therefore I had a bit of empathetic preconception about what this film was about and where it was going to lead me. In a nutshell, it's the tragic...( read more)ally true story of two social misfits who spiral downward on a drug induced odyssey of music, methadone and melodrama. Sort of a '70's version of Romeo & Juliet, if Juliet were a punk rock groupie and Romeo a tar heroine addict. This was indeed a match made in heaven destined for a life of hell.

    Of course Gary Oldman did a spectacular job becoming Sex Pistols' front man Sid Vicious. Were it not for his physical characteristics that vaguely remind us it's Gary Oldman, he'd completely disappear into the character. He's just that good. What pleasantly surprised me was how Chloe Webb gave Nancy a deserving degree of likeability. I got the sense that, had she made some better choices in her life, Nancy would have been someone who was charismatic and utterly loveable. Webb's humanistic portrayal gives Oldman the reign to express Sid's romantic co-dependency on a whole new level. Great synergy in two outstanding performances (and the film's not bad either!).
  • June 27, 2008
    An over-rated not-so-honest biography that was rough-and-ready made.
  • May 15, 2008
    drugs are bad.
  • April 10, 2008
    "Boring hippie shit."
  • November 8, 2009
    boy meets girl, boy kills girl, boy OD's- so original.....
  • November 4, 2009
    The Great Gary Oldman played my lovely Sid. Excellent performance and cinematography!
  • October 27, 2009
    Oldman plays with ferocity the legendary punk icon in this movie about his doomed love affair.
  • October 2, 2009
    El título original era "El amor mata, Sid y Nancy". Esta película retrata un periódo de una extraña renovada fascinación por la vida y muerte de Sid Vicious.
    La película se basa en la historia de una destrucción mutua, una relación de excesos de drogas y sexo sadomasoquista entr...( read more)e Sid y su novia, Nancy.
  • September 20, 2009
    melodramatic punkrawkers fuck and do meth.

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February 13, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

[Cox] and his actors pull off the neat trick of creating a movie full of noise and fury, and telling a meticulous story right in the middle of it.

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  • Billystar2000
    September 3, 2007
    When i first saw it, i thought wow! it was mindblowing and i personally beleive this was Gary Oldman greatest performance ever. Chloe Webb was just as great but she has never made it big in her movie career which is a shame because she was fantastic as Nancy. I never get sick of watching this movie because it is a classic!
  • justawildchick2003
    August 17, 2007
    This Movie rules
  • ahsdgklh
    June 16, 2007
    Both Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb were really convincing. I'm really glad it was made back than, because if the film was made now, no actor/actress would be able to portray sid and nancy.
  • itsgodswater
    May 3, 2007
    One of the few movies to actually give me a migraine.
  • xOliverx
    April 19, 2007
    classic film
    The Punk Rock Legend [ Sid vicious ]
    Sex pistols 2nd fav ever,He's 1 of my top influences
    Much Love Mate x
  • justawildchick2003
    April 13, 2007
    I wanna see this Movie sooo Bad I Love Sid And Nancy I real Ones:)
  • francoit1000
    March 26, 2007
    it's the bes fuking crazy real story i sa it's jus fuking so dam goud
  • Danmybestmate333
    February 27, 2007
    I AGREE WITH U
  • faggotoryinfection
    December 25, 2006
    vicious is a bloody legend and although this movie was generally okay it's just not good enough to remember him by.it exploited sid and nancy and punk rock in general, the only reason it was made was to make money at a time where there was growing facination of the life of the young punk rocker.
    the movie has a lot of errors in it too such as the red vest sid vicious wears in the film, it has a hammer and a whatever the other thing is on it when in actual fact it should have a nazi swastika on it..&& the film has nancy giving sid his chain and padlock necklace when in real life it was given to him by chrissie hyde...
    the storyline is very well and whatever but seriously the movie was not in good intentions and therefore if you respect this movie because you think you are a fan of the sex pistols or just a punk rock fan in general you are clueless and obiously not at all what you think you are.if this is you be ashamed, be very ashamed!
    let sid and nancy rest in peace!

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