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.
Acting
Richard E. Grant's drunken rants are Shakespearean-level unhinged.
Writing
Robinson's dialogue is 90% quotable venom.
Production
The flat deserves its own supporting credit.
Director
Bruce Robinson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard E. Grant is famously teetotal in real life; he prepared by watching alcoholic footage and getting a severe hangover once.
The 'Camden Town' rant was improvised after Grant was genuinely terrified by a real local chasing the crew.
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