Review of 16 Years of Alcohol (2003) by Chazz M — 04 Nov 2007

Maybe you need to know where the narration is coming from not to see it as pretentious. Hell, maybe you have to be pretentious, I dunno. Other users comments aside, I think this is one of the most important films to come out in recent years.

A lot of people might think that I get down with it simply because I am a skinhead. While skinhead is prominently featured in parts of the film, I disagree with calling it a skinhead film. It's exactly what Frankie says it is in the beginning, a story about hope.

Hope for your family, for your friends, for love, for yourself. I related to it much more on the levels of his home life as a child and his ability to lose himself, but somehow never quite enough to make it work, in relationships with women.

brilliant writing, brilliant direction!