Fresh
The credible feel of this film-within-the-film remains an achievement; it's neither mocking nor parodic and nearly always deadly serious.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Brothers of the Head
For some people... Rock & Roll was always a freak show.
2006 · 1h 33m · R
Drama, Music
Directed by
Keith Fulton
,
Louis Pepe
Overview
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
Director and cast
- Keith Fulton Director
- Louis Pepe Director
- Harry Treadaway as Tom Howe
- Luke Treadaway as Barry Howe
- Bryan Dick as Paul Day - 1970's
- Sean Harris as Nick Sidney
- Tania Emery as Laura Ashwood
- Diana Kent as Laura Ashworth - present
- Tom Bower as Eddie Pasqua
- David Kennedy as Paul Day - Present day
- Elizabeth Rider as Roberta Howe
- Jane Horrocks as Roberta Howe (Romeo video)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Undermined by its form: strange as it ought to be, the mockumentary conventions of the movie make everything strangely familiar.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Fresh
It's two-thirds of one of the year's best movies.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
... the story of British conjoined twins turned underground punk-rock tragic figures can't be ignored, if not for the ingenious way of disguising truth, then for the unsettling presentation of human emotions.
Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
So cleverly constructed that it's easy to be taken in and believe these twins really rocked.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
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