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Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

2019

Action / Comedy / Family / History / Musical

36
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 70% · 30 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76%
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 3518 3.5K

roman empire ancient rome roman army nero 1st century celts

Plot summary

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.

Director

Dominic Brigstocke Photo
Dominic Brigstocke

Top cast

Ncuti Gatwa Photo
Ncuti Gatwa as Timidius
Nick Frost Photo
Nick Frost as Arghus
Maddie Evans Photo
Maddie Evans as Dancer
Tim Downie Photo
Tim Downie as British Legate
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819.91 MB
1280*640
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 28 min
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1.44 GB
1920*960
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 28 min
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814.44 MB
1280*640
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 1
1.44 GB
1920*960
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Pjtaylor-96-138044 5 / 10

It's harmless enough.

'Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019)' isn't very good. It's harmless enough, of course, but it really isn't anything special. I mean, it's just not funny. There are maybe two or three smile-worthy gags but that's about it. The rest of the time, the jokes fall flat and that's an issue when the jokes are, realistically, the entire point of the piece. The narrative is, basically, as basic as possible, focused around a kind of platonic 'Romeo and Juliet' (sans suicide). It wraps itself up in a weirdly rushed and unsatisfying way, backtracking upon its recently established stakes to just sort of finish for no real reason. This is probably because it wants to remain as kid-friendly as possible, despite its numerous on-screen deaths, and requires an overtly 'happy ending' to do so. This is, essentially, the product of a half-baked screenplay. The central character conflict is, too; it heads in a traditional direction but then doesn't get properly addressed in the finale, simply wrapping up as if it's been properly tended to. However, it's probably worth noting that these now glaring narrative issues are, for me, only noticeable in retrospect. That's not because the flick is so engaging so as to make them non-bothersome. In fact, quite the opposite. The story isn't compelling in any real way. It's serviceable stuff but there's no real meat to it. The same can be said of the entire affair, really. Even though it's probably one of the least effective films of the year, it's difficult to actively dislike because it seems earnest and sticks to the very 'DIY' attitude of its source television show. It would've been nice if it had featured that series' original cast but, as it is, it's an average experience that I don't really have any strong feelings about either way. I suppose that says something in itself, doesn't it? 5/10
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Reviewed by stephenhawthorne-78218 4 / 10

Fan of the TV show

I love the TV show so I thought this would be fun to see. It had the feeling that this was a great idea but then we need to fill time to make a decent running time, with little thought to the content. Some jokes overdone especially the Roman numerals. I found the funniest bits of the movie were the little references to The life of Brian, which probably shows my age. I think kids who love the show will enjoy this movie more than I.

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