Advantages: Funny, disturbing, great soundtrack. Disadvantages: none
...Production Year - 1999
A Room for Romeo Brass.
I was really chuffed to find this in the directories, its not a very well known film but one of my favourites. A Room for Romeo Brass although dubbed a comedy is a dark and disturbing masterpiece, with a similar atmosphere to most Mike Liegh films. Shane Meadows (TwentyFourSeven) brings us the story of two young boys from a rough town in the Midlands, England. Romeo (Andrew Shrim) and Knocks (Ben Marshall) ... ...and sister, only to receive a verbal beating for eating all the chips on the way home. "YOU SELFISH LITTLE BASTARD, JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER" his mother barks, you can tell this hits home with Romeo as he hates his father for leaving him. We meet Knocks' family when he is discovered throwing his fathers 'secret' porn collection out of his parents bedroom window for Romeo, his mother catches him red handed and then realises who the magazines belong to. ...
garethro55 25.03.2005
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Advantages: British Cinema at its best Disadvantages: there really are none!
A blend of bittersweet comedy and gripping drama, this film centres mainly around two teenage boys (Romeo and Knocks) who live next door to each other and the "friendship "they develop with Morrell (Paddy Considine) a dark, disturbing character who tries to come between them. Considine delivers a powerful performance as Morrell, a loner who befriends Romeo by taking him under his wing as he has rejected the affections of his own father. Morrell displays ... ...sister and, on the other, a creepy, disturbed individual which is portayed in his bullying of Knocks and the way in which he reacts when ridiculed or rejected by those around him. In typical meadows style, the script for this film is brilliantly improvised by the actors which adds to its "reality". A grim tale with moments of sheer comic inspiration and heart-wrenching emotional performances, it takes you on a gripping journey into the lives of two ...
cathcwm 08.09.2007
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