Horrible Histories: The Movie (2019)

Original title

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Directed by

Dominic Brigstocke

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

10

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 81 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Roman teenager gets on the wrong side of Emperor Nero and is sent to Britain as punishment. There he is forced to join the army and fight during a rebellion led by Queen Boudica.

sillyfast-pacedirreverenteducationalchaoticlight-heartedanachronisticcheeky

What happens

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 to mixed reviews. In the film, a Roman teenager is exiled to Roman Britain because one of his schemes angered the Roman emperor Nero. To his horror, the youth has to serve as a soldier against the Boudican revolt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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