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16 Years Of Alcohol

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16 Years Of Alcohol (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 11  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.4/10

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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... 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 father, who has always been an iconic figure to Frankie, is seen for the first time as a philandering liar. In his teenage years, Frankie leads a gang. They thrive on music, clothes and violence. A chance meeting with a young woman, Helen, introduces Frankie to a whole range of possibilities. He distances himself from the gang, which turns them against him, creating a fatal enemy in the shape of former gang member Miller. As his life starts to take a wrong turn, he falls back into the familiar pattern of violence and alcohol. As a man, Frankie finds new focus through group meetings and his role as an actor. He meets a new woman, Mary, who shows him how to be open and honest. A real sense of what his life could be begins to surface. But the shadow of the past is never far behind him and threatens once again to tear his life apart. -- © Tartan Video [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Kevin McKidd, Susan Lynch, Laura Fraser, Jim Carter, Ewen Bremmer

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 6, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

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06/24/06
Time Out
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4/5

Even in its most violent moments, 16 Years Of Alcohol is suffused with visual poetry.

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07/30/04
Alan Morrison
Empire Magazine
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4/5

An intense and imaginatively mounted first feature.

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07/03/04
Tom Dawson
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01/06/04
Rich Cline
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Eventually the movie drowns in words.

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04/29/05
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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It's a carefully made movie, evocatively filmed and intelligently thought out by the director and his cast.

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04/21/05
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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2/4

The frequent narration is a nonstop string of clichés, platitudes, and truisms that should have been flung out the cutting-room window.

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03/24/05
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
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The freely associative, poetic tone signals this isn't going to be just another grungy British pic about young malcontents and petty crime.

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03/18/05
Derek Elley
Variety
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2.5/5

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.

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03/18/05
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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2/4

Despite reams of maudlin narration, McKidd's powerful performance as a conflicted man makes this beautifully shot low-budget feature worth checking out.

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03/18/05
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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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.

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03/18/05
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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This Scottish memoir of inebriation and sobriety leans heavily on the hurt of booze and rarely on the high.

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03/17/05
Ned Martel
New York Times
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A film that teeters between the rapturous and the ridiculous.

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03/15/05
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
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'Hello, my name is Frankie. And I am a violent man.'

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05/01/04
Martin Scribbs
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Actually, it's Trainspotting without the predilection for 'junk' and dead babies who crawl on the ceiling.

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03/04/04
Oz
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Moving, lyrical and ultimately devastating.

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01/06/04
Jason Anderson
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