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Bookmark this page16 Years of Alcohol (2002)
Director: Richard Jobson
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From Time Out Film Guide
Jobson's debut feature, adapted from his own novel, singed with personal experience, is an impressively ambitious and assured affair, benefiting from a riveting performance from McKidd as the Edinburgh hard nut so haunted by his father's actions when he was a boy that his adulthood becomes a confusion of contradictory needs, fears and desires. Lynch and Fraser provide predictably excellent support, and Jobson's bold direction balances poignant lyricism, emotional punch and incisive insight to engrossing and illuminating effect.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Richard Jobson
Producer: Mark Burton
Cast: Kevin McKidd, Laura Fraser, Susan Lynch, Stuart Sinclair Blyth, Ewen Bremner full cast
Rated: 18
Duration: 102 mins
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