Synopsis
On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped under the bathroom sink in a hotel room. She was Nancy Spungen, an ex-prostitute, sometimes stripper, heroin addict, and girlfriend of Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious.
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Cast
- Tony HertzSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Nigel MarshallSid Vicious
- Sophie BoyesNancy Spungen
- George AncockVictor Colicchio
- Dave TwiggMichael
- Will CummockDetective
- Bradley GardenerSupporting Role
- Emory RueggSupporting Role
- Tara MitchellSupporting Role
- Margarita DoyleSupporting Role
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
The film offers evidence that Vicious spent the entire night out cold on barbiturates. It plants resonant doubts. - 50
New York Post
Fails as a detective story, but it does offer an entertaining look at the punk scene in the 1970s. - 40
Empire
For an exposé very little is actually revealed, but as a neon-lit trawl through '70s New York, it's worth a look. - 40
New York Daily News
The eyewitness testimony of dozens of punk-era survivors and hotel denizens has a disorienting effect, and everyone gets sidetracked, though the colorful anecdotes are priceless. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Ultimately, there's not enough material to sustain a feature-length film, and the sloppy editing, cheesy re-enactments and cheap graphics don't exactly make for compelling viewing. - 30
Village Voice
An unnecessary retelling of rock's dingiest "legend"--ever get the feeling you've been cheated? - 30
Variety
Despite the presence of Glen Matlock, Steve Dior and a handful of other punk rockers, plus a slew of oblique eyewitness who lurked around before and after the fact, the documentary soon bogs down in tiresome minutiae. - 30
The New York Times
An unruly mash-up of terrific anecdotes and terrible teeth, grainy film and garish memories, Who Killed Nancy? cares less about investigating a death than about vindicating an accused killer.
