A Room for Romeo Brass Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 90 mins
- Year produced:
- 1999
- Director:
- Shane Meadows
- Cast:
- Paddy Considine
- Ben Marshall
- Andrew Shim
Set in Nottingham, A Room for Romeo Brass tells the tale of schoolchildren Romeo and "Knocks" - neighbours and best friends. That friendship is damaged, however, when an older man named Morrell arrives on the scene. At first, the Morrell seems harmless enough, if something of a sad loner - but soon he comes between Romeo and Knocks, before revealing himself to be far more dangerous than first thought. Nothing in this marvellous film comes sugar-coated - but is all the more impressive for it.
- Average rating:
(15 votes)
Reviews
6 August 2008
austin from St Edmund's Catholic School
now i lved this film it was brill i lked the relationship between the boys plus the mad man in it was was funny at time and just plan nasty at others so over all it was a great film 5 out 5
10 August 2008
Liam from Friends of FILM CLUB
A Room for Romeo Brass is an enchanting tale of a boy who finds friendship with a man who displays aggressive behaviour towards his “friends”. Set in Nottingham, the film has a few cheap laughs, but on the whole is a well balanced serious drama which tiptoes around delicate issues. The protagonist, Romeo, is desperately searching for where he fits in, and at one point deserts his best friend. The acting on the whole was fantastic and Paddy Considine particularly reflected tendencies towards infrequent and aggressive behaviour. Despite this, it had to be noted that Considine’s character is very similar to that of Alan Partridge. His character is psychotic but as the audience we can identify with him and his need to be with the protagonist’s sister. I definitely empathised with Considine’s character because it was obvious that he was lonely and just wanted to be loved and to get friends but didn’t really know how to go about it. The film is slow to begin with but if one bares with it , the film just gets better and eventually heightens with a climax with shocking consequences…
10 September 2008
kristian from St Edmund's Catholic School
I loved it, the mad man running a muck. The boys relationship was rather unstable during the mad mans reige of terror and misery. I never lost interest as when one thing finished an other thing happened.
10 September 2008
axel from St Edmund's Catholic School
the film was really gd and at some point it was funny .The best bit was wen the boy was making a magic trick and saw going under that made me laugh.
the film could have been better so 4/5
10 September 2008
Ollie from St Edmund's Catholic School
A room for romeo Brass is all about two best friends called Romeo and “Knock”. Romeo lives with Mum and sister but his Dad lives elsewhere. Knock has a really bad problem with his back and has to have a serious opperation. At this time, Romeo has made friends with his sister’s ‘boyfriend’ and chooses to hang out with with his new best mate than go and see knock in hospital. When Romeo’s sister and her partner have a slight… dissagreement, her boyfriend decides not to hang out with Romeo anymore and instead decides to change dramatically. Romeo then comes 2 his senses and goes to see knock at his house but he wont answer him so Romeo sits on the dorstep and cries. When the changed boyfriend arrives all hell breaks loose but the problem is sorted soon by Romeos Dad who is in just the right place at just the right time. Knock invited Romeo into his room and reveals to him that his school had supplied him with a semi-proffesional magic set. Knock says that when he gets out of his cast he is goin to be a magicion. When he does get out of his cast, Knock puts on a magic show along woth his capable assistant ‘Miss Romeo’.
The film was very realistic and showed exactly the kind of things kids get up to and what they talk about. I would recommend this fil to anyone interested in films about reality and those who enjoy favouritism lol
Fascinating facts
Paddy Considine was once in a band called She Talks To Angels with A Room for Romeo Brass director Shane Meadows