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Withnail & I (1987)
Director: Bruce Robinson
Writer: Bruce Robinson
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths
Genre: Comedy, Drama
About: Two deadbeat actors with no money and no self respect who live in utter squalor in a filthy apartment in London, 1969. Withnail and his friend Marwood are tired of their dirty apartment and crazy go-nowhere lives. So they take a holiday in the countryside, staying at Withnail's rich Uncle Monty's cottage. When they arrive, the madness continues and the rain pours and the two deadbeats spend the weekend drunk and fighting with the locals. Meanwhile amorous Uncle Monty arrives at the cottage with designs on Marwood, who's not interested.
Review: Withnail & I...is a British dark comedy. This was not to my liking and it took all of my effort just to get through it. I found the movie tedious, full of inane dialogue but with no emotion. There's no development, no story, no theme and personally I didn't find it funny either.
I didn't care about the characters, I didn't care about their story, I found the talky-long scenes draining. The tall guy, Withnail was annoying and so over the top that I cringed when he talked, his friend was just plain boring.
There was a few scenes I liked, the best was the tea and cake shop when they were drunk and told to leave...but said they were millionaires who would buy the shop just to fire the proprietor. OK that was funny.
In a nutshell, I disdained the nutty characters and their nutty situation, this is not my cup of nuts.
Withnail & I (1987)
Writer: Bruce Robinson
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths
Genre: Comedy, Drama
About: Two deadbeat actors with no money and no self respect who live in utter squalor in a filthy apartment in London, 1969. Withnail and his friend Marwood are tired of their dirty apartment and crazy go-nowhere lives. So they take a holiday in the countryside, staying at Withnail's rich Uncle Monty's cottage. When they arrive, the madness continues and the rain pours and the two deadbeats spend the weekend drunk and fighting with the locals. Meanwhile amorous Uncle Monty arrives at the cottage with designs on Marwood, who's not interested.
Review: Withnail & I...is a British dark comedy. This was not to my liking and it took all of my effort just to get through it. I found the movie tedious, full of inane dialogue but with no emotion. There's no development, no story, no theme and personally I didn't find it funny either.
I didn't care about the characters, I didn't care about their story, I found the talky-long scenes draining. The tall guy, Withnail was annoying and so over the top that I cringed when he talked, his friend was just plain boring.
There was a few scenes I liked, the best was the tea and cake shop when they were drunk and told to leave...but said they were millionaires who would buy the shop just to fire the proprietor. OK that was funny.
In a nutshell, I disdained the nutty characters and their nutty situation, this is not my cup of nuts.