Withnail & I (1987)

R06/19/1987Comedy, Drama1h 48m

If you don't remember the 60s don't worry, neither can they.

Overview

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Richard E. Grant

    Withnail

  2. Cast 1

    Paul McGann

    ...& I

  3. Cast 1

    Richard Griffiths

    Monty

  4. Cast 1

    Ralph Brown

    Danny

  5. Cast 1

    Michael Elphick

    Jake

  6. Cast 1

    Daragh O'Malley

    Irishman

  7. Michael Wardle

    Isaac Parkin

  8. Cast 1

    Una Brandon-Jones

    Mrs. Parkin

  9. Noel Johnson

    General

**It's a good film, but it's very damaged by the abuse of alcohol, drugs and tobacco, and by the weakness of the script, in terms of narrative.** I expected a lot more from this movie, I have to confess. It is considered by many to be one of the best British comic films, and there is no doubt that the dialogues and situations were extremely funny, and it is not difficult to laugh at the absurd situations and conversations that are observed here. But it's also no lie that the film is far from being a work of perfection. The script is based on the coexistence between two characters, Withna...