Sid and Nancy

Sid and Nancy

Love Kills.

Directed by Alex Cox

Produced by Initial Pictures, Zenith Entertainment

1986114 min6.7 / 10

A tragic, intimate portrait of a doomed romance between two damaged people spiraling into addiction and self-destruction in the punk rock underworld.

January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.

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  • Is Sid and Nancy sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Does Sid and Nancy end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 99% of films.

  • Is Sid and Nancy one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 96% of films.

  • Is Sid and Nancy easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Sid and Nancy scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Sid and Nancy violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

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63/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity95

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Surprise45

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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