Nil by Mouth

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Dan S @RT65359469 Aug 19, 2026 It's bleak and the ending is poor. You don't really like any of the characters either (but maybe that's the point?). The smoking in it is gross. Interesting to see what London looked like back in the 90's. Acting is good. Would I recommend it? Only to people I think would enjoy this type of stuff. See more Scott R @ScottR Jul 6, 2026 Best British films list. This was a bleak film about a struggling family in London that faces drugs, mental health, domestic violence, crime, and poverty. It was horribly vulgar, but if this really was what Gary Oldmans life was like, this is something. That hostile be shared. I was surprised that cops played no role in it. Saw on box. See more T M @RT55749265 Jun 16, 2026 Winstone shows he can act in this gritty downbeat drama. Relentlessly sweary and nasty, this is a taste of the underclass, battered and bruised by life's slings and arrows. Male violence, female pain, bonds born out of adversity. This film reeks of the urban gutter. See more Patrick C @RT84374237 Jun 2, 2026 Not exactly a feel good movie, 'Nil by Mouth' is, however, close to a masterpiece. The performances are so uniformly excellent and convincing that it feels like watching a documentary. Ray Winstone is quite brilliant, but it is Kathy Burke who truly excels in her role as an emotionally and physically abused wife and mother. Acting doesn't get any better than what she delivered here. My only query is why Eric Clapton was invited to do the soundtrack. Meandering bluesy geetar is not exactly what is required for a grim urban drama. Felt exactly the same about his score for 'Edge of Darkness', which for some mystifying reason everyone loved. Anyway, a minor gripe about an otherwise stunning film. See more vegar d @RT85701280 Dec 22, 2023 Gary Oldman's take on 90´s cockney reality. Simply excellent! See more Jack O @RT29143273 Jun 19, 2023 Well, the whole drama is in this. The happier time to enjoy drinking alcohol for people to get drunk filled with booze. For me, I drink coke, Diet Coke that is. Why? Because you're about to witness the British Drama filled with good performance from all the British actors/actresses in this dark and berserk film that actor Gary Oldman has directed. Nil By Mouth. And get this: it is absolutely berserk cause it has too many sexual swear words in it. Plus the fact that it's not the only film that ever had too much swearing. Well, I don't want to offend you guys for saying this, so please, brace yourselves. It had 428 F words in it and 92 (the you know what) words. Shocking, isn't it? The Wolf of Wall Street did that. What about it? The domestic violence is brutal for the most part so I guess that's all I can tell you all about it. Thank you for stick up with me on this review. This review is nothing to offend. This movie had a winner of 2 BAFTA Awards. See more Read all reviews

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