Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

RabidNerd Paddy Considine's performance alone is worthy of the 10/10 rating. Considine's character Morell truly pulls you into the film, funny, creepy, twisted, sad, emotional, his character touches all emotions. Screen time without Morell can best be described as taking cigarettes away from a smoker. It's amazing how films like this go under the radar and are never brought up in conversation about great British films.I've watched this twice in 2 days, mainly down to Considine's performance and I'm pretty sure it won't be my last viewing.Morell has now become one of my favourite cult film characters, great quotes, great mannerisms, great performance... oh and great clothes.

bob the moo Romeo and Gavin are schoolboys, friends and neighbours living in the suburbs of Nottingham in the Midlands. Gavin has a spinal problem that causes him to limp, while Romeo has domestic problems and is prone to his temper. One day they meet adult Morell, who helps them beat off some bullies and gives them a lift home. Morell takes a shine to Romeo's sister and starts hanging around with the boys but he is slightly unhinged and his friendship with Romeo threatens to split the friendship of the two boys.I watched This is England recently and it encouraged me to look back across other Shane Meadows films that I hadn't seen either for years or at all. Shamefully, this film fell into the latter camp but thanks to the BBC's summer of British cinema I got the chance to see it recently. Typically it is set in Nottingham with a world and characters that Meadows had experience of and as a result it is more convincing that perhaps the main thrust of the narrative has a right to be. The two characters of Romeo and Gavin are both well written and convincing and mostly they move the film along, even though I wasn't totally convinced that Morell would be able to get the type of relationships he got before everyone realised what he was about. Other than this slight issue though, the film does engage and it is mainly thanks to the acting.Meadows directs his cast well while also making good use of music and the movement of the camera. Shim is excellent in the title role and is very convincing in his performance. Marshall was less so; OK he had a bit stiffer character and is on the side of the story as the film goes on but he is very much secondary to Shim. Dominating the film though with an astonishing debut is Paddy Considine. He is amusing to children in the way some adults can be, but he never lets us forget that he is more than just a bit child-like and that unhinged is a polite description. In smaller supporting roles are McClure, Higgins, Harper and Hall, who are all good. Apart from adding the weight of his name as support, Hoskins does little but I suppose for the support alone he deserves credit.Overall then this is an enjoyable and quite disturbing film. The narrative offered me a few problems in the extremes but the natural and engaging delivery covered for them, while Meadows brings roundly convincing performances from his cast, not least of which are two strong debuts from Shim and Considine.

jotix100 "A Room for Romeo Brass" starts with a funny sequence as we watch Romeo and his friend Gavin walking through town and as they arrive at the fish and chips shop, Romeo asks for a large family order, which he proceeds to devour by himself, as he has no intention of sharing his meal with his friend Gavin. When he arrives home he hands his mother and sister two small packets of whatever he hasn't eaten.Shane Meadows, the director, and co-writer of this surprising small film knows a thing, or two, about young boys and the way they act toward one another. As it turns out, both Romeo and Gavin are neighbors and they are supposed to be best friends.When Gavin, who seems to be handicapped, and walks with a limp, is attacked by the soccer bullies, Romeo comes to his aid, but he is overpowered. Out of nowhere comes Morrell, who defends the boys and send the tormentors packing. This savior is a man who is much older and doesn't fit in the picture. A bit later on in the movie, we know why he wanted to get closer to Romeo, especially, he craves for the beautiful Ladine, his sister. In pursuing the girl, Morrell is instrumental in separating the two friends.The main reason for watching this film is Paddy Considine's work in it. Mr. Considine is a versatile actor who gives here a tremendous performance as Morrell. The young actors, notably Andrew Shim, and Ben Marshall appear to be naturals. Vicky McClure is good as Ladine.It took a while to get used to the accents, as some of the dialog was lost. Shane Meadows is a new talent with a lot of promise and we look forward to his new ventures.

melvinpope not just another 'briddish' movie, this.although meadows already had one well recieved full-length feature (24/7) behind him, and a sizable reputation for being handy with a camcorder (he's made an impressive number of shorts), somehow this brave and sophisticated film got lost in the post lock, stock slop. strange as it stands head and shoulders above anything else made in britain in the past 5 years.but to define this peculier acheivement purely on the terms that it is british would be a terrible slight against this great movie. it is a film so sharp and true that it should please in just about anywhere, that just about anyone should be able to identify with the comic-horrors on display here. comic-horrors just as we might find them in life.much of this truth and beauty comes from the cast themselves. shim and marshall give relaxed performances, investing the film with charm, providing the emotional core, and avoiding the trappings that most actors of their age may have fallen into (gurning, grimacing, appearing generally overwrought). the adults are uniformly excellent to, but, perhaps inevtiably, it's paddy considine's morrell that makes the biggest impression. a man-child part that so many could've done so wrong considine gives a wild and unruly comic turn and twists the film into a darkness that few recent british films would dare to without the safety net of drugs or mockney gangsters. when it gets dark, it gets pitch-black. but we can never less than sympathetic for morrell. meadows knows his character inside out, and refuses to demonise him. we are never left wondering what is tormenting him, and meadows highlights that morrell's vicious alter-ego stems from being born into a society which has no place for him, and which constantly misunderstands him. even in the shocking climax meadows refuses to sanitise morrell. by not having the police come and tow him away, meadows leaves the question open, what will become of people like morrell? and believe me, they exist.a film that packs an emotional and political punch, is funny, and charming, and true. the sometimes intrusive folk-sy soundtrack aside, it's what you've been waiting for.