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London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washing-up, mad drug dealers and psychotic Irishmen, decide to leave their squa...( read more 
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MCT:August 18, 2008"We've come on holiday by mistake"
This is one of the most quotable movie's i've seen,i absolutely bloody love it. Everyone in it's fantastic,Uncle Monty and his gay innuendo and Danny and his wise words. The script is so funny,just thinking about it makes me want to see it again. -
MCT:July 10, 2008
Withnail & I is the tale of a pair of out of work actors in 1969 Camden who decide to get away from it all for a weekend in a country cottage. And that's about it; plot heavy this film is not. It's all about the character of Withnail, played to perfection to a pre-insufferable Richard E. Grant; in fact Grant was a tee-totaler when he made this film, but Bruce Robinson insisted that the leading actors be paralytic during filming, just to make it more authentic! The pair are like a foul-mouthed, drunken version of Laurel & Hardy as they stagger through the ordinary world in much the same way as Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo were in Fear & Loathing, except that this film is very, very British. This film is all about the dialogue, which is hilarious, containing some of the funniest swearing you'll ever hear! It is also, like Gilliam's film, making a comment about the times in which they lived; the end of the sixties. Except in Fear & Loathing, Thompson was bemoaning the loss of power and optimism of the American youth movement, and here Withnail is shown as an endearing but childish and cowardly person, constantly avoiding responsibility and life as a whole, through a cocktail of drink and drugs. He is left behind at the end, like the decade, as "I" gets a haircut and a job, and moves on with his life. Some may think that the "screaming homosexual" uncle Monty is a bit of a caricature and figure of fun, but he is in fact the most sensitive and sympathetic character in the film. it may not translate well to foreign audiences, but it will forever be a firm favourite amongst the British post hippy generation and students alike.
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MCT:May 27, 2008Garbage. I wish I could have that two hours of my life back. This plays like "Dazed and Confused" in the first and third acts, but not nearly as funny, and then like a really long, bad episode of "Three's Company" in the second act. They could have at least replaced the two main characters with Chevy Chase and Martin Short, then at least we'd have a mediocre 80's comedy, and I wouldn't have felt that I needed subtitles through most of this thing. I had no affection for any of the characters, laughed very little, and walked away from this film feeling dumber for having watched it.
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MCT:May 26, 2008
One of the best and funniest British comedy films of the 1980s about the exploits of two drunken out-of-work actors who travel from London to the countryside. Set in the 1960s.
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MCT:March 3, 2008
"How DARE you!".
This is an absolute classic. It's very funny indeed, but doesn't use slapstick, or obvious jokes, or anything like that. It just somehow makes you laugh. It's funny in itself I think. Great scripting, great acting, great film.
"We've gone on holiday by accident". -
MCT:February 17, 2008
I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight
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MCT:February 11, 2008This cult classic has many quotable lines of dialogue and has a great performance from Richard E Grant, who creates a very likeable charcter out of a drunk layabout. While this film starts out well it soon looses steam in the middle section when it doesn't really go anywhere. Yet this is still an enjoyable film with a great script,
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MCT:January 20, 2008
I love this film so much you'd probably find it hard to comprehend. I love all the performances and the plot itself. Richard E. Grant gives a performance of a lifetime and one that nobody should miss out on for the world. I love that just about every line in the film is something you would want to quote. "We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!" I love all the things that are involved in the making of the film as well. Like the scene where Withnail downs a bottle of lighter fluid, the director filled it was vinegar to get the right reaction from Grant. I also have to mention the stunning artwork from Ralph Steadman who uses his famous Gonzo style which was also used in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Which also happens to be another favorite of mine), and was a good friend of Hunter S. Thompson who I also just happen to love. This is a must see film and I really can't stress that enough.
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MCT:January 13, 2008
Imagine a place where all your dreams can come true. You've just imagined Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze
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MCT:January 6, 2008Darkly funny, and occasionally grim, film about a couple of broke actor roommates who go for a vacation in the countryside without a clue on how to take care of things once they get there. Richard E. Grant stands out as Withnail, the perpetually drunk wreck of a person.
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MCT:January 5, 2008
Eccentric British Humour, quirky and oddball... not forgetting the stereotypical Britishness of Richard E Grant!
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MCT:January 2, 2008
Easily in my top 20, depicting the story of two sort-of actor friends who go on holiday by mistake, and experience traumatic food, uncle and bull related problems. Painfully hilarious, and endlessly quotable, starring McGann and Grant who completely own their roles and make this film the legendary very-british comedy it should and will always remain. I'm convinced that if you do not like Withnail & I, there is something wrong with you...
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MCT:December 17, 2007
Simply the most perfect comedy I think I have ever seen. Where's Richard E. Grant's oscar, you fascist gits.
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MCT:December 15, 2007
As a whole, Withnail and I is sort of a disjointed mess, but as a bunch of scenes it's a lot of fun. Namely the bull scene and the drunken tea room scene. Richard E. Grant is priceless as Withnail and Ralph Brown is a riot as Danny with his... musings. There were points of this movie that reminded me of a British version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas minus most of the drugs, but beyond that this movie isn't anything to ruin a pair of shorts over.
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MCT:November 18, 2007
Funny, foul-mouthed and virtually plotless, this is a triumph for writer/director Bruce Robinson and for Richard E Grant, whose glorious performance as Withnail is a joy to behold.
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MCT:November 7, 2007
My permanently favourite of all my favourites - all I can say is after watching this I felt like I had woken up. That was 2 years ago, and the appreciation remains with me.
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MCT:November 4, 2007i watched about an hour of the movie. And it reminded me about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at some Points. But i don't get why everybody loves this movie.
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MCT:October 30, 2007
Actually, it should be depressing, and when you know the alterate ending it does seem worse, but I still think it's the funniest movie I've seen!
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MCT:October 25, 2007
Classic..... I think I watched it about 10 times in a space of 9 months or something... Everytime I enjoyed something new! :)
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MCT:October 13, 2007
This movie is ok sum bits in it r kind of funny it's got a lot of homosexuality in it though which isn't my sort of film
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MCT:October 6, 2007
London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washing-up, mad drug dealers and psychotic Irishmen, decide to leave their squalid Camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail's uncle Monty's country cottage. But when they get there, it rains non-stop, there's no food, and their basic survival skills turn out to be somewhat limited. Matters are not helped by the arrival of Uncle Monty, who shows an uncomfortably keen interest in Marwood...
Regarded as one of the finest British comedies ever made and one of the best scripts ever written and rightly so. From buying the DVD...I knew I would like it and once the film ended imeadiatly I loved it. For sure this will go into my favourite films as it's just hilarious. Withnail and I contains some of the best one liners in a film and one of the most of the most quotes of all time. Iam laughing as I write this, pure genuis in script wrint. Here are a few I loved...
- I've some extremely distressing news.
- I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear anything! Oh God, it's a nightmare, I tell you, it's a nightmare
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I don't know, I don't know. Oh God, I don't feel good. Look, my thumbs have gone weird! I'm in the middle of a bloody overdose. Oh God. My heart's beating like a fucked clock! I feel dreadful, I feel really dreadful!
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-You don't understand. I think there may be something alive.
- What do you mean? a rat?
- It's possible, it's possible.
-Then the fucker will rue the day!
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- Aargh!
- I told you. You've been bitten!
- Burnt! Burnt! The fucking kettle's on fire!
-There's something floating up.
- FORK IT!
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I DEMAND TO HAVE SOME BOOZE!!
With some fine performances by Richard E Grant, who himself does not drink pocesses the essence of the character so well, an incredibly confincing drunk! Paul McGann in only the second film that i've seen him in brilliantly plays well with Grant and is also hilarious. Richard Griffiths is also hilarious as Uncle Monty, who take a liking to Marwood, with hilarious consequences.Marwood's narration really enables us to get into his mind and certainly understand the relationship between the two. Without that narration, you might not have been able to get into the narrative properly
The soundtrack of Hendrix, wonderfully fits in with the '60's culture and the photography of London, from the bleak miserable atomosphere to the same in the countryside. The rain and the cold symbolise British culture to a tea!
There are some referances to outsiders visiting the countryside...not sure how to put it. Once the two visit Uncle Monty's house...some hilarious scenes follow. Don't want to give too much away otherwise it'll spoil you're enjoyment.
Overall one of the best comedies I've seen. So well written, acted, direction and such a well crafted film. None of the following that you see in a Hollywodd comedy, just about a relationship between two unemployed actors in '60's London and how they survive...mainly through drugs. It's so funny I think I am going to be able to watch this over and over again. Outstanding.
Highly Recomended -
MCT:September 24, 2007
I was strongly reccommended to watch this film as was very disopointed, I turned it off halfway through, what a pile of s***e
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sideburnsmccullochposted 394 days ago -
genius, one of the funniest films i've seen. it's one u can watch over and over again and never get bored of it. this film is a must see.
posted 409 days ago -
This movie gave me the feeling of me being THERE... right next to them, their dirty house, COLD COLD country vacation!! Oh man, i can't forget their gay UNCLE? Monty.. ahaha!!! it was HILARIOUS!!! They had to lie to him so they could use the country house.. it was FUNNY!! Aww, the end was a bit sad though! his friend, who was a hard worker? got a part in a play but he didn't... what a drug addict... :(
posted 493 days ago -
You are loney no more Withnail and I rocks! "There wasn't much deep heat in the tube, there's none left for you!"
posted 496 days ago -
i LOVED this film, and im more than a little disheartened that the board is lonely. ]:
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