Their adventure leads to a series of comedic and chaotic events, testing their friendship and sanity.
In the beginning of the film, Marwood is too afraid to enter the kitchen.
You’re in no state to tackle it.
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Wait ‘til the morning.
We’ll go together."
Withnail responds, “This is the morning– stand aside.”
Two out-of-work actors, Withnail and his friend “I,” escape their bleak London lives by taking a disastrous holiday to the countryside. Their adventure leads to a series of comedic and chaotic events, testing their friendship and sanity.
And its even more relevant today.
Marwood and Withnail’s intimate body language shows that they deeply trust each other.
In many scenes, Marwood stands directly behind Withnail, leaning against him and looking over his shoulder.
When making plans, they only use the pronoun “we.”
Later, Withnail climbs into Marwood’s bed with a gun, which he lays across them both.
He says that if Marwood leaves, he will have to go with him.
Withnail apologizes and says that he “got carried away.”
WhereWithnail and Idirectly portrays LGBTQ+ characters, it falls short.
Uncle Monty, the only character who is written into the script as gay, is essentially a villain.
Marwood says he really must go, and Withnail says he will walk him to the train station.
This desperate attempt to get his friend to stay a little longer conveys Withnail’s emotional state clearly.
Withnail and Iis available to watch on Max in the U.S.
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