Synopsis
Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and friendship when Morell, a naive but eccentric and dangerous stranger, comes between them. Morell befriends with the two boys and later asks them to help him pursue Romeo's beautiful elder sister. He gradually becomes more violent after she rejects him.
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Cast
- Paddy ConsidineMorell
- Andrew ShimRomeo Brass
- Frank HarperJoe Brass
- Vicky McClureLadine Brass
- Johann MyersClifford
- Shane MeadowsMale Nurse (credited as Shaun Fields)
- Bob HoskinsSteven Laws
- Ben MarshallGavin 'Knocks' Woolley
- Darren O. CampbellDarren
- Martin ArrowsmithDennis Wardrobe
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
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
By turns amusing, touching and horrifying, A Room For Romeo Brass is a film that defies expectation at every turn. - 80
Los Angeles Times
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
By turns amusing, touching and horrifying, A Room For Romeo Brass is a film that defies expectation at every turn. - 75
Chicago Tribune
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
Chicago Tribune
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. - 70
Village Voice
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. - 70
Washington Post
A bitter, black and oddly beautiful story.
