Dir: Mat Whitecross
2010
****
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is an excellent 'mini-biopic' of a British punk legend. I'm a big Ian Dury fan, if you don't know who he is then you should google him this instant and buy his greatest hits. Better still, watch this film, it would be rude of us Brits not to share him with the rest of the world. Mat Whitecross has executed the concept beautifully, never pussy-footing around the grimy truths of the cherished idol and taking notes from Dury's real life son gives it a certain authenticity that many alike films lack. Andy Serkis puts in a really impressive performance too, probably his best to date, handling Dury's handicaps tastefully without exaggeration. It's a brilliant film.
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