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

Watching 'Sid and Nancy' as somebody who has seen her fair share of great biopics and being a huge admirer of Gary Oldman, to me it didn't disappoint at all. High expectations were very much met and exceeded.There is not much that is wrong with 'Sid and Nancy'. It does lag in pace a little in the middle, and it is around this point of the point where there is a bit of repetitiveness. Outside of those not too major flaws, 'Sid and Nancy' has so many strengths and is very much a very good film. It is unflinching, uncompromising and at times depressing, but it's a riveting watch.Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb are absolutely outstanding in the lead roles, especially Oldman who gives one of his best performances from personal opinion here. Courtney Love is also in this film before she rose to fame and, despite auditioning for Nancy, makes a strong impression as Gretchen. The characters are pretty vile at times but there is enough to make one feel sympathy for them.'Sid and Nancy' is atmospherically filmed and there is a real sense of authenticity to the costumes and setting. Likewise with the booming and pretty unforgettable soundtrack.Also successful is Alan Cox's direction, he directs with a very keen eye for the era and the absurdities that came with it. The script is unflinching and thought-provoking.Lastly the story brilliantly mixes gritty realism, charming and moving romantic elements and delicious black humour.Overall, hugely impressive and recommended highly, though not everybody is going to like it. 8/10 Bethany Cox

I discovered punk rock at 14, when an older cousin showed me films of the Sex Pistols' concerts. From the first blast of "Anarchy in the UK", I fell in love with their joyfully angry noise, and was especially enthralled with their demented dervish of a bass player, Sid Vicious. He couldn't play, but that didn't matter: his manic, raging energy and "who cares?" scowl was candy to a nerdy fat kid from the suburbs. For about three months I insisted, much to my parents' chagrin, on being called "Sid".When I learned that Vicious had killed his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, I immediately rented "Sid and Nancy", the story of their doomed relationship. I then found one of my favorite movies. I have seen it dozens of times, and each time I feel that giddy, dangerous excitement of the first time you hear your favorite song. "Sid and Nancy" works on many levels: as a time capsule of punk rock in the 70s; as a love story between two damaged people; and as a scarily honest depiction of co-dependence and addiction. Sid Vicious meets groupie Nancy Spungen just as the Sex Pistols are taking off. They fall in love, not just with each other, but with love itself; they see themselves as Romeo and Juliet, destined to go out in a blaze of glory. After the Sex Pistols break up and the talentless Vicious' career flounders, their youthful rebellion turns into self-destruction, and their flirtation with heroin becomes full-blown addiction. One night, Spungen begs Vicious to keep his promise to kill them both, and in the ensuing struggle he stabs her to death. Soon after, he dies of a heroin overdose that is suicide in all but name.It might sound depressing - indeed, it's downright grim in spots - but "Sid and Nancy" is often an exhilarating film. It reminds us what it's like to be young and reckless, to feel everything too much. We feel the electric jolt of the couple's first kiss, the warm fuzziness of being crazy about each other. When things go bad, we feel a profound sadness for these wasted lives; we mourn for what might have been. This movie puts us through the wringer, and it's worth every twist.The cast is incredible. Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb give note-perfect performances; they do not so much portray Sid and Nancy as channel them. They even look like the people they're playing. Andrew Schofield and David Hayman have fun playing Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten and manager Malcolm MacLaren, respectively, as punk rock caricatures, and Xander Berkely - now best known as "24"'s counter-terrorism agent George Mason - gives a brief but chilling performance as a drug dealer who is all too eager to help his "pals" Sid and Nancy ruin their lives. And yes, in case you were wondering, that is a pre-fame Courtney Love, original nose and all, as one of Nancy's drug buddies.For me, "Sid and Nancy" is not just a great film, but a connection to my youth. As an adult, I know that Vicious and Spungen were basically overgrown adolescents who took "live fast and die young" far too seriously. Watching this movie, however, I feel the joy I felt the first time I heard punk rock, and I like to think that they simply wanted that incredible feeling to last forever. Who could blame them?

'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.