Lack of good storyline.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

6/26/18. Maybe 2 1/2 stars. Good acting by Oldman and Webb captured the chaotic drug-infused lifestyle of Sid and Nancy, Most of the time it was hard to watch their self-destructiveness which knew would end badly. And, it did.

Sid and Nancy is a very silly film that wants to be taken seriously. I'm a huge punk fan and own some of Alex Cox's films. With the exception of Repo Man his films are patchy. Sid and Nancy is no exception, the script is underwritten and nothing more than a patchwork of various events with no real characterisation.Worst is John Lydon played by Drew Schofield who not only looks nothing like him, he manges to imitate some of Lydon's tone, but can't disguise his scouse accent. Lydon might be larger than life, but to portray him as eating baked bean and drinking champagne and laughing at farting negates the fact behind the red hair and eccentricity is an intelligent man. Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious looks the part and captures his penchant for violence and excess, but misses his naivety. Glossing over the fact Nancy Spungen was said to be Sid's first girlfriend. Chloe Webb is pretty good as Spungen, but a really annoying and dislikeable character. David Hayman as Malcolm Mclaren looks the part, but ignores the Svengali aspects of his life and makes him quite an affectionate character.The best thing about the film was the cinematography by Roger Deakins. Best known for working with the Coen Brothers later on. Which considerably raises the production values on what is a grimy and sleazy film.

If you are looking for historically correct, look elsewhere. Passionate, heart breaking, and beautiful. A great foreshadowing of how amazing Gary Oldman is. Chloe Webb- such an underrated actress. These two perfectly embody the Sid and Nancy we "knew." It's a great film to watch for style inspiration as well- fashion, art, music. Just beware the romanticizing of such a dangerous lifestyle... it seems so fabulous from outside the box. Nothing better than a tragic love story....

Let me start out by saying this is not a love story. This movie doesn't glamorize their story in any way. The beginning is amazingly accurate for depicting the punk scene and what the public thought of punks. Chloe Webb plays the role of Nancy perfectly people say that her character is annoying and disgusting but that is who Nancy was she was disgusting everyone hated her the only one who tolerated her was Sid. Gary Oldman portrays Sid as he was he had a bright future and it was destroyed when he met Nancy. This story shows their downward spiral together. This is amazing because it shows the truth how grim the reality of it was the accuracy of the drug abuse and effects on both physicality and the impact it has on an addict's life and the loss of ones self. I find it so brutally honest that everybody should watch to understand that time better. The only reason I rated it lower was because I felt it moved quite slow and there was quite a bit of unnecessary fluff.