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A Room For Romeo Brass [2000]
from Momentum Pictures
starring Martin Arrowsmith, Dave Blant, Darren O. Campbell, Paddy Considine, Shane Meadows
directed by Shane Meadows

Features:

• PAL
• Widescreen

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• "What I'm going to show you is bigger than Godzilla..."
  When you watch a Shane Meadows film you expect natural performances and housing estate based drama - and it's all here in a fantastically realistic package.
  This film is essentially the story of Romeo and Gavin, two schoolboy friends whose friendship is threatened when a third member joins the tight group. The 'third member'; Morell, a twenty-something man seems like a nice-enough guy though a bit socially awkward and perhaps a bit slow. He divides the two friends after becoming obsessed by Romeo's... more info

• Superb!
  This film is one of the best British films ever made, alongside 'Dead mans shoes' - also Shane meadows & Paddy considine - check that out as well!
  Myself being a young lad growing up looking up to an older kid who lived round the block this film hits the nail on head on so many levels.
  Its hard to write a review without spoiling a lot of it so in a nutshell :
  The directing is top notch with a superb soundtrack
  The acting is extremely good, especially from Considine & the two main... more info

• A Room
  Sets itself up as a typical learning life through unlikely friendship story but then becomes a far more realistic portrayal of the weasels among us and, ultimately, the importance of old family & friends

• 6/10. Brassed off
  Like Shane Meadows' later `This is England', `A Room For Romeo Brass' is a coming of age drama revolving around friends growing up in the working class Midlands. Both films feature friendships tested by the divisive arrival of an influencial older figure. The protagonists in both films seek friendship to escape disappointment or disenfranchisement from family life. While the latter film places this scenario in the context of class conflict in Thatcher's britain and the rise of the skinhead movement, the... more info

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