outenatoskeftesai Now-now, another proof that in order to produce a good movie all y have to do is have aesthetics. In our case, aesthetics is humor and Withnail & I sure got a lot of it. 75% of it black, 25% dark.Long story story: Two friends, one failed actor and close to become something like a junkie, the other one the same but still fighting for his life, decide they need a break from the city and so they live...and chaos eats up everything.British humor, great acting (especially at the role of failed actor), some AMAZING side characters etc.8/10 would watch again.However i wouldn't recommend this movie to any depressed person who is watching life going on (without him), people leaving him behind and only the booze and drugs left for company and romance. This can make you sad.It made me.Still worth it.

dobbiesautographs if you have not watched this movie , then do so ASAP - this is the funniest and most quotable film I have ever watched , I have watched this movie at least a dozen times , and could quite happily watch it many more . Richard E Grant plays a particular good role as a drunk , especially because he is teetotal , every scene in this film is memorable and every line quotable in so many circumstances . every part is played to perfection 10/10 for all concerned both in front and behind the camera . if I have could have written one screenplay in my life , it would be this , this is also a very moving film & gets you thinking about life in general , the last scene is especially poignant , and brings you down from the high of the movie with a bang .

grantss Hilarious British comedy.London, 1969. Two unemployed actors, Withnail (played by Richard E Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann), are destitute and desperately in need of a change of fortunes. They decide to go on holiday to a cottage in the country. The cottage is owned by Withnail's eccentric uncle, Monty (Richard Griffiths). Things don't go entirely smoothly and get even more complicated when Monty arrives unexpectedly...Incredibly funny, especially the first few scenes - them living in their squalor and having to be resourceful - and the last few scenes - when they're back from the country. Dialogue is great and is delivered perfectly. Richard E Grant's wonderfully over-the-top performance makes the movie. Not that Paul McGann gives a bad performance, he is just more the straight man in the comedy duo and thus his performance is less intense. Any scenes involving Danny the drug dealer (Ralph Brown) are fantastic too.On the negative side, some the situational comedy is a bit cheap and silly. This is particularly so with the ongoing tension between Marwood and Monty. That seemed over-exaggerated and overdone. The third quarter of the movie seemed to drag, due to that.Production values are not that great either. Both video and audio seemed sub-par.

chris plumley The start of this excellent film features a dysfunctional, hypochondriac English actor & some equally strange friends who provide a hilarious insight into a period, it's like of which will never again be seen. trying to survive on benefits in a depressing, run down part of West London. The leading actor plays an unemployed, obviously 'high- born' Thespian, with aspiration of grander things, with contacts in circles which bely his personal financial state. But that economically challenged state means his flatmate and his friends live in an extremely frugal way. Even though his circumstances are very relevant to that period, his persona and his experiences are very relevant to modern London.