Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, 2010

This biopic about musician Ian Dury lingers on a style that ultimately takes away from the film.Filled with fantasies of circus acts and quirky stage performances,Sex and Drugs can become a bit irritating.This depiction plays around with Ian Durys case of polio and personal issues while he rises to the top of the punk-rock scene all willy-nilly,As a rock legend,Ian Dury needs a picture that shows him as the lyrical creator he was,I just wish the film would have focused a little more on his craft and less on his day dreams.Though the inspirational rise to fame is shown more from a personal point of view rather than from a professional side,I cant call this a poor quality biopic by any means. Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll centers around Ian the man rather than Ian the artist.Through the film you see the relationship between him and his son,his drug and alcohol addictions,and his many failed attempts at happiness over his polio disease.Andy Serkis portrays his character so accurately and with and energy and sadness that I felt exhausted just watching him.Serkiss delivery is worthy of praise even if the writing doesnt give what a true fan of Dury would have hoped. The British punk genre is one of grandeur and in the aftermath of it all,Ian Dury was deserving of more.The hero of the punk scene stood up for the disabled and gave a middle finger to those who disagreed and Im happy to say that I felt content with this aspect of the film.However great the approach taken from the average life to rock star fame may appear in the film,I felt like Dury spent the whole entirety imagining a different life and not really moving forward with his career.This man was no ordinary gentleman and going into this one I felt ready to see what influenced his music,sadly,I was dished his life with his musical field on the side.

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