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Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

2019

Dominic Brigstocke

Emilia Jones, Sebastian Croft, Nick Frost, Craig Roberts ...

3.7

245

Comedy. Adventure Roman teenager Atti is forced to join the Roman Army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting, quite literally". Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior. After narrowly avoiding a very sticky end in a bog, Atti uses his Roman know-how to help Orla save her ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"The film’s humour crosses the line from mischievous to puerile, the gag rate is sparse and the songs are instruments of historical torture."
		Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"It’s lost little of its puerile charm and historical insight along the way (...) Puns and visual jokes run rampant here (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Greer McNally Time Out	"The tunes aren’t particularly catchy, the outfits aren’t that over the top, and the fart jokes, well, stink(…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This is a decent bit of school holiday entertainment (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Chris Hunneysett Mirror	"It feels as if a TV episode’s-worth of material has been stretched to fill the movie’s length, with the script failing to up its game to compensate for the lack of a Hollywood budget (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alan Corr RTÉ	"There are some nice touches (...) Good educational fun (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tara Brady Irish Times	"The songs are a bit ramshackle and there are scatalogical jokes that may well date to the period depicted, but there’s an infectious sense of fun and some very good jokes (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Graham Scannain	"With memorable characters, comedy that is rotten (...) and funny in equal parts 'Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans' is a family film everyone will enjoy (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		James W. Anderson entertainment.ie	"This new outing is an enjoyable affair but fans, I feel, will be let down by the overall standard (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"It’s broad stuff, but thoroughly winning (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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