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06/24/06
16 Years Of Alcohol (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 11 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Rated: 18
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Theatrical Release: 30-07-2004
Synopsis: Set in Edinburgh in three distinct periods in the life of Frankie Mac, 16 Years of Alcohol provides a challenging introduction to a man’s belief in the meaning of hope. As a young boy Frankie Mac (Kevin McKidd - Trainspotting) watches the world around him drench itself in alcohol. His... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kevin McKidd, Susan Lynch, Laura Fraser, Jim Carter, Ewen Bremmer
Reviews
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Top Critic
Even in its most violent moments, 16 Years Of Alcohol is suffused with visual poetry.
07/30/04
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01/06/04
It's a carefully made movie, evocatively filmed and intelligently thought out by the director and his cast.
04/21/05
The frequent narration is a nonstop string of clichés, platitudes, and truisms that should have been flung out the cutting-room window.
03/24/05
The freely associative, poetic tone signals this isn't going to be just another grungy British pic about young malcontents and petty crime.
03/18/05
Top Critic
The voice-over is a touch pretentious and a few scenes play like acting exercises, but the film is filled with a real sense of hopeless poignancy.
03/18/05
Despite reams of maudlin narration, McKidd's powerful performance as a conflicted man makes this beautifully shot low-budget feature worth checking out.
03/18/05
The film has a poetic pulse, its ups and downs accompanied by some smartly chosen pop songs, a seductive original score and McKidd's husky voice-over narration.
03/18/05
This Scottish memoir of inebriation and sobriety leans heavily on the hurt of booze and rarely on the high.
03/17/05
Top Critic
Actually, it's Trainspotting without the predilection for 'junk' and dead babies who crawl on the ceiling.
03/04/04
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