A Room for Romeo Brass
1999 · Movie · R · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · 67% critics
Two boys face a breaking point in their friendship after a strange, dangerous stranger enters their lives. Befriending them with odd charm, he grows increasingly violent as he becomes fixated on an older sister, pulling the boys and their families into a darker spiral.
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Details
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-08-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (64 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this earthy, character-driven British drama if you like darkly funny friendship stories that sour into tension, like The Butcher Boy or Dirty Filthy Love; Not for you if you want a purely uplifting coming-of-age tale.
Pros: unsettlingly funny; grounded teen friendship; standout lead performance | Cons: dark escalating obsession; disturbing violence
Themes
- friendship
- rejection
- nottingham
Cast & crew
Paddy Considine
as Morell
Andrew Shim
as Romeo Brass
Frank Harper
as Joe Brass
Vicky McClure
as Ladine Brass
Johann Myers
as Clifford
Shane Meadows
as Male Nurse (credited as Shaun Fields)
Bob Hoskins
as Steven Laws
- BM
Ben Marshall
as Gavin 'Knocks' Woolley
- DC
Darren O. Campbell
as Darren
- MA
Martin Arrowsmith
as Dennis Wardrobe
Directed by Shane Meadows