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Brakes

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Nine couples experience breakups before meeting someone new.

Critics Reviews

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 11/29/2017
3/5
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. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) 11/26/2017
3/5
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 ... Go to Full Review Sarah Gosling Little White Lies 11/24/2017
2/5
Charming and could easily have been brilliant, if only it had been more concise. Go to Full Review Louise Burrell One Room With A View 02/19/2019
3/5
The script is wobbly at times and certain scenarios feel contrived, but Brakes manages to be charming nonetheless. Go to Full Review Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf 08/27/2018
4/5
A brilliantly conceived examination of that moment when relationships either work - or don't work. The end result is fascinating and unique. Go to Full Review Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa 05/14/2018
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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05/03/2021 A series of sketches versus a cohesive film in and of itself, watch this as a love letter to London. As the media sanctimoniously wets itself over new work life balance, why they enjoyed lockdown, why the city is dead and so on; remember how silly, flawed, pretentious and funny life is in the big smoke. Great cast, great fun, great city. See more 01/10/2020 Parts are almost relatable. However this was pretty much a pointless exercise. Waste of a good cast. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Mercedes Grower

Director

Julian Barratt

Elliot

Kelly Campbell

Maeve

Seb Cardinal

Karl

Juliet Cowan

Slika

Julia Davis

Livy

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Brakes

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Movie Info

Synopsis Nine couples experience breakups before meeting someone new.
Director
Mercedes Grower
Producer
Mercedes Grower
Screenwriter
Mercedes Grower
Production Co
British Film Institute, Brakes Film Production
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 22m