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16 Years of Alcohol (2003) 6.1
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Metascore: 57/100
Reviews: 36 user | 30 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com 16 years of alcohol is about a skinhead named Frankie; his violent childhood, alcoholism and his love for Ska. Director:Richard JobsonWriter:Richard Jobson |
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Mary
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Jake
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16 years of alcohol is about a skinhead named Frankie; his violent childhood, alcoholism and his love for Ska.
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Rated R for pervasive language, some violent content and sexual material | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 July 2004 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
16 hronia alkool See more »Filming Locations:
Edinburgh, Scotland, UKBox Office
Opening Weekend:
$82 (USA) (15 April 2005)Gross:
$7,515 (USA) (13 May 2005)Company Credits
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There is a key aspect of film that Jobson seems to have forgotten - it has the ability to tell a story by showing it to you. You don't need to tell the audience what to think, because they'll see it. The action here is interspersed with some of the most ponderous narration unleashed on the unsuspecting public - the purple prose of the sensitive fifth former. And it should be unnecessary because their is a fine cast here and some beautifully composed and shot visuals. Maybe Jobbo felt that the basic story needed a lit bit of support. And he may have been right, it lacks a basic credibility: 70s Edinburgh wasn't exactly full of beautiful brainy girls with a penchant for the Velvet Underground and a soft spot for a passing sociopath. From the too neat and new looking clothes that character wears to the cod intellectualism that tries to link it all together, it's all too contrived for my taste.