A Room for Romeo Brass

OPIS

Having developed a fan base following their excellent feature debut TwentyFourSeven, director Shane Meadows and his writing partner Paul Fraser haven't taken the easy option. This is a risky, difficult and very impressive little movie about two 12-year-old mates - the spirited Andrew Shim and the sickly Ben Marshall - who are befriended by likeable, albeit peculiar, loner Paddy Considine. Beginning as an earthy but light-hearted study of adolescent friendship, the film takes a sharp turn into quite shocking drama once Considine reveals his darker side. Although the sudden shift in tone won't please everyone, this honest, unsentimental movie offers more insights into the weirdness of human relationships than many, while Considine announced that he was a name to watch.