Captivating movie !

Best movie of this year hands down!

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Blistering performances.

I have a friend who is absolutely the same as Withnail character, and I also had the period in life where everything was unachievable, and this film beautifully portrays such periods in life. When you don't see the brighter tommorow, when you have quirky friends, and weird stuff is happening all around you.This is brilliant comedy(?), that hasn't aged a day... The ending was both hopeful and nihilistic at the same time, which is something I can hardly imagine to see in a movie anymore.

In my opinion, this is a pointless movie. I just don't get it. Am I missing something? I see other IMDb users are giving it favorable reviews.I watched this on DVD at a weekly "movie night" gathering. Not one viewer laughed throughout this entire alleged comedy. Being an American and unaccustomed to English accents, we had so much difficulty understanding the dialog, we had to turn on the closed captioning. Even that did not help. Could someone please explain the appeal of this film? I am baffled.

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 .

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.