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Nil By Mouth [1997] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Gary Oldman Actors: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse, Edna Doré Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £2.98 as of 21/11/2009 22:14 GMT details You Save: £13.01 (81%) New (21) Used (12) from £2.78 Seller: twentyfiveorless Rating: 24 reviews Sales Rank: 9238 Format: PAL, Widescreen Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 123 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5039036016636 ASIN: B0001K2KVQ Theatrical Release Date: February 6, 1998 Release Date: April 19, 2004 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Gary Oldman took a break from acting to write and direct this unflinching family drama out of the kitchen-sink British school. Oldman doesn't appear in the film, instead handing the heavy lifting to the remarkable Ray Winstone (ISexy Beast/I, ICold Mountain/I) and Kathy Burke, who won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her work. The scummy drug trade of lower-class London is Oldman's turf, but he puts special focus on the miserable cycles of violence that fuel a family's struggle within this world. The results are not always easy to watch, but they are devastating (and the final sequence is chilling). Oldman may be guilty of indulging his actors a bit, but it's forgivable, given the big, roaring performances. --IRobert Horton/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 Next » Hard to watch, but worth the effort. April 24, 2005 29 out of 30 found this review helpful I was left stunned by the amazing acting within this film. It made me look at Ray Winstone in such a different light. He is now one of my favourite actors.pHeartbreaking in its reality this is not to be watched when you want something easy to watch. You can't help but be engaged to the point of anger and sympathy. This film is relentless.pThe actors, especially Winstone and Burke, create such empathy that you can really feel for them. At his worst Winstone's character is repulse and mean. Amazingly, I still felt sorry for him at times. Winstone creates a man who is at odds with his present life and his past childhood. This is a man that understands that he is pulling his life apart, but that he can't help it.pThis film has every range of emotion from pain and hatred and the emotions that make us stay with the people we love no matter what. Oldman's created a masterpiece that is undoubtedly owing as much to the cast. This is a hard film to watch but you will be rivited. You will also come through the otherside glade that you did. Nil BY Mouth (Ray Winstone) Reviewer based in Bedfordshire December 9, 2005 16 out of 17 found this review helpful What can i say an outstanding performance by Ray Winstone once again, you go on an emotional ride with him, and you feel his anger and his pain.brThe story set in a Council Housing estate, is about Love really or lack of love from parents that can lead you to become bremotionally unstable, it is the first film i have seen to explore how one is effected Psychologically by a lack of love and effection within the home.brThis film will make you think like i from a what you call a "Dysfunctional" family too a audiance that wants to understand the depths of modern day disease, lack of love can sometimes produce people who are unable to love back even if they truelly want too.brRay Winstone puts in an amzing performance very strong, the other cast Kathy Burke and Ray#x27;s friend really compliment the film too.brExcellent. One of the best British films ever made... November 18, 2003 Mr. J. J. Noble (London, England) 15 out of 16 found this review helpful Nil by Mouth would be an important film if only for the fact that it reminded the good British public that Ray Winstone isn't just an asset to a film, but a resource all on his own! However, Gary Oldman's directorial debut is so much more than that - a searing, affecting film that leaves a lasting impression. pExceptionally foul-mouthed, Nil by Mouth is a slice-of-life drama in the style of Mike Leigh or Alan Clarke (directors Oldman was very familiar with from having worked with them as a young actor); there is no classic Hollywood structure, no safety-net of a clear-plot through which we discover the characters. The cast of this film are never introduced, we are just thrown into the middle of their world and expected to adjust, treat them like people we have known for years. Because of this, the film's tale of domestic violence, alcoholism, heroin abuse and father-son relationship attains the kind of power lacking in most films. It helps that writer-director Oldman is writing about the world in which he grew up, and has populated it with real-looking (read: unattractive) actors.pWinstone is, of course, magnificent in the role of Ray, a marauding south London man on the brink of mental collapse, who takes out his unarticulated frustrations on his helpless wife Valerie, played with equal brilliance by Kathy Burke, who proves that she is far more than just a comic actress. Charlie Creed-Miles, Jamie Foreman and Laila Morse (now on TV as 'Big Mo' in EastEnders) provide sterling support.pIt is a difficult film to watch, but not just because of its often-disturbing scenes of domestic violence. Oldman's commitment to realism means that all dialogue is extremely south London specific (almost incomprehensible to non-London viewers), and un-coordinated in that characters often speak over each other, making some of the dialogue inaudible. It takes a while to get used to, but it becomes an ingenius way of tricking the audience into believing that what they see is the result of a hidden camera in someone's living room/pub/car/garage.pNil by Mouth is definitely worth seeing, more than once. It has hidden depths and sensitivity that become more apparent with repeated viewings. It is a genuine masterpiece of 'cinema verite' - the only question is: why hasn't Gary Oldman directed another film? a masterpiece December 24, 2005 Mr. Ravinder S. Khabra (Leicester, England) 14 out of 15 found this review helpful Just seen this movie on TV. It#x27;s an unbelievably good film. The director drags you into the world of this family; depressing is an understatement! pThe film is unconventional both in terms of style and plot, something that really impressed me. But what stands out more than anything else are the performances by the actors; they are just simply incredible. Despite the bleak nature of the subject matter, after you#x27;ve watched this film, you#x27;ll know that you#x27;ve watched something very special. If you want to watch something raw and authentic, then it doesn#x27;t get any better than this. Winstone at his best but not for the faint-hearted! February 19, 2007 Inmi Opinion (Cadiz,Spain) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful Having recently watched a few of Ray Winstones films, Sexy Beast and Henry V111 I nearly gave this one a miss but thankfully didn't.Gary Oldman has gone from being an excellent actor to a brilliant director if this is what he's serving up. Having served in the Met.Police for 30 years this film brought back the reality of scenes and behaviour I had myself seen so many times,the only thing missing were the smells that go with it. The main contenders,Winstone, br / Foreman, Burke and Creed-Miles act out of their skins although they all seem so at home and normal in their environment.Winstone and Foreman go over the side, fight, thieve and do about everything else a low-life does including beating his woman to a pulp. Charlie Creed-Miles has to do drugs br /every minute and thieves and begs to feed his £[..] a day habit.A deserved 5 br /stars for acting,directing, realism and make-up Showing reviews 1-5 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 Next »

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