Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
There are a couple of ways to avoid death....one is to be magnificent
There are a couple of ways to avoid death....one is to be magnificent
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2010
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A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
115 min
Release date:
8 Jan 2010
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$2,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 5 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Somehow this well-intentioned film cannot help but turn an uncompromisingly original artist into a formula.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
7 May 2010
fresh:
It's an energetic and vivacious film that will appeal to fans of punk rock worldwide and should find its place in the pantheon of great music-film biographies.
– Ray Bennett,
Hollywood Reporter,
8 Jan 2010
rotten:
Paul Viragh's script is too bitty to hold it all together, and filigrees of technique fail to disguise the weaknesses in helmer Mat Whitecross' first solo flight.
– Leslie Felperin,
Variety,
8 Jan 2010
fresh:
You don't need to be a fan of Dury's music to enjoy 'Sex & Drugs...'. This is just gorgeous, celebratory cinema, unfettered and courageous, if unashamedly scattershot, much like the man himself.
– Tom Huddlestone,
Time Out,
8 Jan 2010