Two 'resting' actors living in a squalid Camden Flat - and living off a diet of booze and pills - take a trip to a country house (belonging to Withnail’s uncle) to 'rejuvenate'. Faced with bad weather, altercations with the locals, and the unexpected arrival (and advances) of Uncle Monty, the pairs wits and friendship are tested... Set in 1969, the year in which the hippy dreams of so many young Englishmen went sour, 1986's Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I is an enduring British cult. Withnail is played by the emaciated but defiantly effete Richard E Grant, "I" (i.e., Marwood) by Paul McGann. Out-of-work actors living in desperate penury in a rancid London flat, their lives are a continual struggle to keep warm, alive and in Marwood's case sane, until the pubs open. A sojourn in the country cottage of Withnail's Uncle Monty only redoubles their privations.
A man makes hinting advances towards another man and later tries to force himself on him, but is talked down.
A man says that he has just narrowly avoided "having a buggering".
violence
A couple of scenes involving one man using threatening behaviour towards another man. No real violence is seen.
A character is nearly chased by a bull.
Two characters deliberate on how best to kill a chicken.
profanity
32 uses of 'fuck,' 16 of 'bastard,' 3 of 'shit,' 2 of 'cunt,' 'wanker,' and 'bollocks,' and 1 of 'bitch.'
alcohol
Four men smoke cannabis in one scene. A few instances of drinking and cigarette smoking, with a couple scenes of inebriation.
frightening
A couple of scenes that some people may find disturbing or intense, such as the one mentioned in the Sex & Nudity section and another when two characters are upstairs and think someone is attempting to break into the house.
