Why is sid and nancy rated r

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Sid And Nancy. Starring: Chloe Webb , Gary Oldman. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction.

One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder. Director: Alex Cox. Genre s : Biography , Drama , Music. Rating: R. Runtime: min. See All Details and Credits. A few days later Sid spots Nancy in a pub and follows her when she runs out yelling and crying; another rocker has absconded with her heroin money. Angry and frustrated, Spungen scrapes her knuckles on a brick wall.

Sid then gives Nancy money to buy heroin for both of them; although she's already a full-blown junkie, Sid has never done hard drugs.

Sid died of a heroin overdose on February 2, , before his case could be tried. Instead, Cox shows us a group of schoolgirls, each armed with a croquet mallet, scampering by a parked car, each one giving the expensive auto a healthy bash on the hood. Cox never really gets a handle on how the Sex Pistols landed in the middle of this punk maelstrom. Sid may be an absolute menace, but when he spots a crowd of street urchins walloping another kid, he instinctively breaks up the fight.

Webb is equally impressive as Nancy, lending compassion to what is otherwise a deeply unsympathetic character. And not because the film misses its mark. Finally, it was life itself that Sid hated most. Watch options. Storyline Edit. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder.

Love kills. Biography Drama Music Romance. Did you know Edit. Trivia Gary Oldman wore Sid's real chain necklace in the movie. When doing his research, Sid's mom gave him the necklace to wear during filming. Goofs In one of the early pub scenes, the opening band for the Pistols is supposedly X-ray Spex, belting out one of their best-known hits: "Oh, Bondage, Up Yours! In real life, Poly Marion Eliott is of Anglo-Somali parentage; and in she was not model thin, plus she had short curly hair and braces.

This is because the group was originally meant to be Siouxsie and the Banshees, but they wouldn't give permission for the use of their songs. Quotes [getting off the phone with her parents] Nancy : I fucking hate them! Sid : We would! User reviews Review. Top review. Masterful performances by Oldman and Webb. Now that I am twice that age, I love this film for its unflinching portrayal of two people's lives, despite how uncomfortable it makes us, how little we sympathize with them as people, or how hard it is for us to comprehend the choices they made.

I personally believe at least part of the discomfort comes from the fact that at some level, we DO understand Sid and Nancy, their love for each other, and the choices they make beneath the haze of addiction.

I realize, seeing it with adult eyes, why my parents were so shocked I was watching this film in But ironically, it was the best anti-drug message I could have seen in my teenage years.