Rent Horrible Histories: The Movie: Rotten Romans (2019)
2.8 of 5 from 230 ratings
1h 32min
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- Synopsis:
- Atti is a Roman teenager with brains but very little brawn. When one of his schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero, Atti is forced to join the army and sent to miserable, cold, wet Britain. Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla (Emilia Jones), a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior. Meanwhile a furious Nero is determined to crush the British rebellion, led by Boudicca (Kate Nash). As the Romans prepare for an historic showdown with the Celts at the Battle of Watling Street the two new friends find themselves lined up on opposite sides of the battlefield.
- Actors:
- Sebastian Croft, Emilia Jones, Nick Frost, Craig Roberts, Kate Nash, Rupert Graves, Alex MacQueen, Lee Mack, Warwick Davis, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Alexander Armstrong, Chris Addison, Derek Jacobi, Kim Cattrall, Joanna Bacon, Richard David-Caine, Dominique Moore, Keir Charles, Katherine Jakeways, Tony Gardner
- Directors:
- Dominic Brigstocke
- Producers:
- Will Clarke, Caroline Norris
- Writers:
- Caroline Norris, Giles Pilbrow, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Dave Cohen, Jessica Swale
- Aka:
- Horrible Histories the Movie: Rotten Romans
- Studio:
- Altitude
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Comedy, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- A History of The Classical World In Cinema, Children & Family, Children's Books On Screen: Best Adventure Films, Children's Books On Screen: Family Classics & YA, Children's Books On Screen: Fantasy, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/11/2019
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Sing Along Version
- Beastly Behind the Scenes
- The Rome Song
- Silly Stunts
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Reviews (4) of Horrible Histories: The Movie: Rotten Romans
Not amused - Horrible Histories: The Movie: Rotten Romans review by MR
Must admit I've never seen any Horrible Histories on TV, but the actors sounded impressive in this one, and I love Lee Mack and Rupert Graves, so I thought I'd have a look. I thought it just not at all funny, and loathed the musical sections. If children are likely to enjoy it, then it's a harmless piece of work, because there was a lot of interesting Roman history thrown in.
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Entertaining romcom rather than history - Horrible Histories: The Movie: Rotten Romans review by AB
Wasn't a great deal of actual history in this - sure the outline facts were correct and the film was set in one particular time and setting, but the whole thing was set in Britain, so it was basically about the Romans trying to subdue the Iceni, etc. (despite a side issue to inter-"racial" love story) and nothing to do with their whole way of life, structure, army, conquests, etc The modern-day rapping, dancing and singing would help younger viewers remember some areas of the history but it still left me hankering after the Monty Python "What did the Romans do for us?" scenario
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Watchable Romcom Roman Romp; Great Cast; Dreadful Songs; Some Laughs & Fatuous Fun - Horrible Histories: The Movie: Rotten Romans review by PV
I had no idea what to expect from this as I have only seen snippets of the TV series.
I rather enjoyed the set-up and the great cast - grumpy dad Nick Frost and an old-looking Rupert Graves, with Sebastian Croft perfectly cast as Atti the geek Roman teenager main character. Other actors do well too. It rumbles along like a Brittanic cart on an unmetalled road.
The songs are TRULY DREADFUL so I fastforwarded through them and the awful dance routines which, I presume, are designed to appeal to DA YOOF, who are used to these sort of songs in The Greatest Showman etc. Not one memorable song though.
BUT the script is passable with some gags that made me laugh and good old-fashioned fun, word play, visual humour. Of course there has to be the strong independent female character who is superior to the boy in every way - a tiresome modern trope, that.
Not history documentary so I shall not be too harsh about anything - after all, the brilliant Gladiator gets it wrong too often on purpose to give the audience what they EXPECT from ancient Romans.
3 stars
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