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.
- 6.9
- 1999
- Released
- 1h 30m
Paddy Considine
Morell
Andrew Shim
Romeo Brass
Frank Harper
Joe Brass
Vicky McClure
Ladine Brass
Johann Myers
Clifford
Bob Hoskins
Steven Laws
Ben Marshall
Gavin 'Knocks' WoolleyDarren O. Campbell
DarrenMartin Arrowsmith
Dennis WardrobeLadene Hall
Carol Brass
Julia Ford
Sandra WoolleyJames Higgins
Bill WoolleyDave Blant
School PianistTanya Myers
HeadmistressSammy Pasha
Ambulance Man
Joel Morris
Park Lad #1Nicholas Harvey
Neighbour Lad #2Jamahl Peterkin
Neighbour Lad #1James Tomlinson
Park Lad #2
Released
en
- #friendship
- #rejection
- #nottingham
Reviews
Alienation and the loner! Shane Meadows is fast becoming one of the finest directors to come out of England, his films have such an earthy quality to them it's very hard to imagine that any Englishman can not find one film from his output that they can't identify with. Be it thematically or character wise. Meadows is the man from the street laying out his stories with honesty and gusto awarenes