Review of Nil by Mouth (1997) by Stephen G — 08 Oct 2010
Bringing Gary Oldman back to his roots, his Directional Debut is a natural, well acted, realistic piece where he's used the number one rule; stick to what you know. Oldman uses a list of the usual suspects and close group of Actors with Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Jamie Foreman, Charlie Creed-Miles and not forgetting his own sister Laila Morse.
People who find bad language will find this film offensive as it is heavily laiden.
The more this film is watched, the more you come to realise that it's not about drugs alone, this film (if anything could be summarised from it) is about addiction, whether that be drugs, drink, violence etc etc, it's a generational inheritance and a cycle not easily broken.
The film builds up from a slow start and with little very structure to the storyline, I'm sure some people will find it hard to stick with, this is much more of a fly on the wall kind of Drama, looking at a section of one families lives during a time period.
For some this will open eyes, for others it may be a little too serious and for some perhaps a little all too real.
This review of Nil by Mouth (1997) was written by Stephen G on 08 Oct 2010.
Nil by Mouth has generally received very positive reviews.
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