Critics score:
76 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Somehow this well-intentioned film cannot help but turn an uncompromisingly original artist into a formula. Read more

Tom Huddlestone, Time Out: You don't need to be a fan of Dury's music to enjoy 'Sex & Drugs...'. This is just gorgeous, celebratory cinema, unfettered and courageous, if unashamedly scattershot, much like the man himself. Read more

Leslie Felperin, Variety: Paul Viragh's script is too bitty to hold it all together, and filigrees of technique fail to disguise the weaknesses in helmer Mat Whitecross' first solo flight. Read more