Crave Online – 16th November, 2011

Richard E. Grant’s character “Withnail” from Withnail And I has been named as one of the 10 Worst Film Friends Ever, according to Crave Online. Coming in at number 5, the site states:

It is 1969, and Marwood (Paul McGann) is living in poverty with his friend Withnail (Richard E. Grant). Withnail is noisy, crass, rude, and browbeats Marwood at every possibly opportunity. Withnail fancies himself a free-spirited Bohemian type, but is little more than a foul-mouthed alcoholic. Profanity flows freely out of him, and he seems to have perfected a fashion of cursing that sounds like spitfire poetry. He often has schemes of getting money or finally overcoming his beefs with The Man, but never does anything more than drink and cuss. When Marwood and Withnail move into a country cottage, their friendship begins to stand in stark relief, and the weak-willed Marwood begins to see Withnail for the manipulative sphincter that he is. These two have been friends for so long, neither of them seems to have recognized that their relationship is now one of hateful co-dependence. Few comedies are as dreary and as acidic as Bruce Robinson’s Withnail & I, a film that has a vast cult ready to stand behind it. Not like Withnail would do the same for you.

You can check out the other contenders by clicking on the link at the top of this article.