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Room for Romeo Brass, A
USA Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for pervasive language, and for some elements of violence and sexuality
Starring
Andrew Shim,
Ben Marshall,
Paddy Considine,
and
Frank Harper
The humorous, harsh, and movingly human coming-of-age tale of two 12-year-old boys told by screenwriters Meadows and Paul Fraser comes from their own shared childhood experience. (USA Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Paul Fraser
Shane Meadows
Robyn Slovo (story editor)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Shane Meadows
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: October 27, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
85
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
The most poignant (if hard-hitting) depiction of childhood to show up this year.
80
LA Weekly
Manohla Dargis
Indeed, one of the nicest things about this jewel of a film is that there isn't much of a story at all -- just a handful of delicately drawn characters moving through life that is at once familiar and yet slightly elevated by a director who loves the good in people more than the bad.
80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
An assured, graceful instance of effective screen storytelling, and Meadows draws splendid performances from his cast, especially from the young Shim and Marshall.
80
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
By turns amusing, touching and horrifying, A Room For Romeo Brass is a film that defies expectation at every turn.
75
Chicago Tribune
Loren King
Offers an honest, understated and unsentimental look at a small incident in the course of a friendship - but it is the kind of incident that defines most childhoods.
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
A quirky little film with an offbeat trajectory that rattles through the bones of story with eyes open to the texture of experience and the dimensions of character.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Effortless in the way it insinuates itself into these families, touching in the way it shows how fiercely Romeo and Knocks are, despite everything, their own little men.
70
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
A sense of authenticity overshadows any contrivance in this subtly classic drama.
70
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
It is essentially a personal reminiscence of daily life that captures with an astonishing precision exactly what it felt to be a 12-year- old boy growing up in a particular time and place.
70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Proceeds with an episodic pace, full of narrative twists and turns that clearly are not pretested by a Hollywood committee. Things feel sort of strange and original all at once.
70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
A bitter, black and oddly beautiful story.
70
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
So low-key it could be mistaken for a throwaway. But Meadows's understanding of childhood fears and fantasies and the yearning, heartfelt performances he draws from his two young actors should not be underestimated.
63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Meadows is very good with the boys' relationship, and achieves his and Fraser's central goal of showing how childhood bonds can be simultaneously fragile and strong.
60
Variety
Derek Elley
An easygoing kitchen-sink comedy with an unsettling final act.
50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Fairly shapeless story.
42
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
More and more independent filmmakers seem to be cobbling together characters and scenes that have surface hook and flash without organic emotional logic.
40
TV Guide
Steve Simels
A kitchen-sink realist coming-of-age story in the venerable British tradition, with all the good and bad that entails.
25
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
Goes downhill fast.
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