Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans
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Directed by | Dominic Brigstocke |
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Based on | Horrible Histories by Terry Deary |
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Cinematography | John Sorapure |
Edited by | Nigel Williams |
Distributed by | Altitude Film Distribution |
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92 minutes[2] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $3.8 million[3] |
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans is a 2019 British historical comedy film directed by Dominic Brigstocke, based on the book series of the same name by author Terry Deary, and the television series of 2009 and 2015 on CBBC. The film production, of one of the stories, was announced in March 2016. The film is a co-production, between Altitude Film Entertainment, BBC Films and Citrus Films. It was released on 26 July 2019.[4]
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Synopsis
Atti, a Roman teenager with brains but no muscle, is always coming up with schemes, but one of these upsets Emperor Nero. For his punishment, he is sent to cold wet Britain on the fringe of the Roman Empire.
Whilst in Britain, he is captured by Orla, a feisty Celt, but they eventually come to an understanding, but to Atti's horror, when he is returned to his regiment, he finds himself pitted against Orla and her tribe at the Battle of Watling Street.[5]
Cast
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- Emilia Jones as Orla
- Sebastian Croft as Atti
- Nick Frost as Arghus
- Craig Roberts as Emperor Nero
- Kim Cattrall as Agrippina the Younger
- Kate Nash as Boudicca
- Rupert Graves as Governor Suetonius Paulinus
- Alex Macqueen as Sycophantus
- Derek Jacobi as Emperor Claudius[6]
- Lee Mack as Decimus
- Chris Addison as Traffic reporter
- Ella Smith as Mrs. Dougal
- Alexander Armstrong as Procurator Catus Decianus
- Dustin Demri-Burns as Crazy Cedric
- Warwick Davis as Gladiator Trainer
- Lucy Montgomery as Birte (Third New Recruit)
- Tom Stourton as Percy
- Jessica Ransom as Drusilla
- Ncuti Gatwa as Timidius
- Sanjeev Bhaskar as Mr. Felix
- Dominique Moore as Traveller
- Dimitris Konstantinou-Hautecoeur as Palace Guard
- Richard David-Caine as Soothsayer
- Sarah Hadland as Irene the Iceni
- Joanna Bacon as Brenda
- Roy Martin Thorn as Roman Soldier
- Jalaal Hartley as Weedy messanger
- Jordan Scowen as Celcius
- Katy Wix as Watling Street Presenter
- Jamie Demetriou as Dimidius
- Mike Wozniak as Owen Bowen
- John Eccleston as Rattus Rattus (voice)
Production
The rights to a film were optioned from the Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary. The project was filmed in Bulgaria and the United Kingdom.[7][8]
Reception
Box office
Rotten Romans opened to $754,973 in the United Kingdom.[3] As of 1 November 2019[update], the film has earned a total of $3.7 million, at the box office.[3]
Critical response
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He describes Derek Jacobi reprising the role which made him famous in 1976 as the Emperor Claudius, as the film's most sensational coup. Bradshaw calls the film "a decent bit of school holiday entertainment" although he felt the broad humour was aimed at (very young) audiences, and not as good as the film Bill, which was produced by the writers and actors from the television series of Horrible Histories.[10]
Wendy Ide gave the film two out of five stars, and felt that the film lacked some of the "essential rottenness", as the linear format of the film rather than the skit-based structure of the series led to a loss of "the punchy hit rate of gung ho, gross out that made the series such a deliciously uncouth pleasure".[11]
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- Cultural depictions of Boudica
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