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Brakes
Directed by
Mercedes Grower
2017
84m
Comedy
4.8
88%
44%
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Brakes is an improv-based dark comedy set in London.
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Cast of Brakes
Julian Barratt
Elliot
Seb Cardinal
Karl
Kelly Campbell
Maeve
Juliet Cowan
Slika
Julia Davis
Livy
Noel Fielding
Daniel
Jess-Luisa Flynn
Jess
Kerry Fox
Brinie
Roland Gift
Rhys
Salena Godden
Yasmin
Mercedes Grower
Layla
Martin Hancock
Mark
Kate Hardie
Susan
Siobhan Hewlett
Kate
Oliver Maltman
Raymond
Paul McGann
Peter
John Milroy
Johnny
Steve Oram
John
Daniel Roch
Brian
Morgan Thomas
Sebastian
Peter Wight
Alan
Brakes Ratings & Reviews
Little White Lies
Sarah Gosling
Charming and could easily have been brilliant, if only it had been more concise.
Times (UK)
Kevin Maher
By turns utterly charming and inherently shambolic, this no-budget feature-directing debut from the actress Mercedes Grower is an ambitious trawl through London love lives, with a bonus structural gimmick.
Time Out
Philip De Semlyen
Full of wry observations on the way Londoners connect (and disconnect), 'Brakes' could be the perfect final date movie.
Observer (UK)
Wendy Ide
Some of it - the mortifying scenes featuring the brilliant Julia Davis, for example, or the hollow sense of loss in Kerry Fox's sequence - is rather wonderful. Other strands seem under-developed ...
Guardian
Andrew Pulver
The film's main strength is its ability to create contained, plausible realities for each of its relationships, even if one or two of them suffer from idiot-hipster gestures
One Room With A View
Louise Burrell
The script is wobbly at times and certain scenarios feel contrived, but Brakes manages to be charming nonetheless.
Dog and Wolf
Alexa Dalby
A brilliantly conceived examination of that moment when relationships either work - or don't work. The end result is fascinating and unique.
Cineuropa
Kaleem Aftab
Some audiences may be left disconcerted by the abrasive aesthetic of a film shot over four years in different digital formats, but the form does match the content, as the images look as uneven, unclear and unpredictable as the relationships themselves.
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
This ultra-low-budget indie uses its own rough edges to great effect in its skewering of the happily-ever-after rom-com fantasy. Bleak, brutal, absurd, and painfully realistic.
CineVue
Zoe Margolis
The story is so charming and the ensemble cast so great, that Grower's observations of romance amongst the disconnect of London life makes Brakes a genuinely pleasurable and heartfelt watch.
Total Film
Neil Smith
The odd chuckle of recognition helps paper over technical deficiencies.
Daily Express (UK)
Allan Hunter
Low-budget, rough and ready, the film often feels like a series of improvised acting class exercises.
HeyUGuys
Stefan Pape
While the resourceful nature of Grower is commendable, it's a film, much like the relationships it depicts, that lacks that something special.
The Arts Desk
Veronica Lee
Despite being made on a tiny budget, Brakes often looks like a love letter to London while offering bleak insights into dysfunctional relationships. It's an accomplished debut.
The Skinny
Lewis Porteous
Too often ponderous dialogue and blurry visuals result in a muddled lack of clarity.
Screen International
Charles Gant
A labour of love that naturally encourages indulgence of its variable production values.
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