Customer Reviews
Watch it - By: W. van der Lande, 03 Jul 2008 
The simplicity of this film, along with superb acting & a wonderful script make this a classic. I can say very little more about this film than other reviewers have already done, but i stress the importance of watching this film, especiallly if you are British.
The catchphrases (I'm not drunk; I've only had a little ale) resound as relevantly & humourously now as they did then, & of course the idea of the struggling acting is a constant theme & is so well epitomised here.
For the sake of your own humanity & culture I would implore you to watch this film & feast your eyes on a great episode in British film making.
The anachronisms spoil it - By: J. I. De Beresford, 11 Jun 2008 
For the content of the film you can read the other 100 odd reviews. I think they tend to overrate it but it is an engrossing drama of how out of work actors seek the high life & it's true enough. Out of work actors love this film , I can attest to that. What reallly spoils it for me is how it doesn't make me feel that it's 1969 at alll. As soon as you get any long shots you start seeing cars, crash barriers, road signs & so on that you know were not a thing of that era. Sure, they have a few classic cars they use in close ups but it's mixed in with modern ones in the distance. It's alll very well for young people who can't remember the 80s either, & wouldn't know the difference, but for someone who does it just reminds you this is a wannabe 1969 film. Even George Harrison, the executive producer of the film, complained that the M25 wasn't there at that time (a much more modern looking road than its predecessor) & it would have been possible to film on the A30. The film makers, I just don't know what they were thinking about. We alll know mistakes creep into films but these are big ones.
Ice In The Cider - By: ianrmillard, 16 May 2008 
This film, set in 1969 but made in the 1980's, follows the attempt of two young people trying to escape from unmoneyed squalor in London (Camden Town)for a break in the North Country in a cottage, only to find that the cottage is worse than their London lodgings...it is so true to life that, although funny, it can also be bittersweet.
As someone who lived in London for many years, I noticed that a few locations are not quite right: the place where they are stopped by the police on return from the North is the roundabout under the M40 elevated section between Little Venice & Paddington, whereas it is supposed to be off the M1; when they drive down the M1, there is a sign visible indicating the M25...whoops! The M25 was not in existence in 1969, had not even been approved or started.
To my way of thinking, the London drug dealer acquaintance, a kind of sinister Harry H. Corbett clone, was overdone, but it could be argued that that was dramaticallly deliberate & also true of most of the other characters.
This is a film of quality, though --and one which you will wish to keep for future viewings.
Simply the best film of all time. - By: Dan osbourne, 04 May 2008 I have loss count of the amount of times I have watched this masterpiece, this film reallly has something very special, something very British.
Both Paul McGann & Hugh Grant give the best performances of any actors that I have ever seen, spectacularly funny yet incredibly tragic. The very last part of the film, with Withnail in the park, in the rain, is the most moving performance I have ever seen.
Perhaps the funniest film ever made...? - By: redmanshouts, 01 Feb 2008 From start to finish this film is extremely funny. Unlike any film i have ever seen before it stands alone as a wonderful achievement. Richard E Grant was never better then when he was Withnail, over the top & yet brilliantly realistic. All the charectors are great & alll the lines are wonderfully conceived & superbly delivered. Full of one liners, unforgettable expressions & moments that will have you laughing long after the film is finished. If you've not seen it, watch it. Ive watched it many times & its gets better each & every time i do.
