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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated
Jan 16, 2020
Effectively a (roughly) 1.5 hour extended edition of one of the skits from the TV show, this - I feel - suffers a bit from the absence of the core cast from that series, although it does try to make up for it with a virtual plethora of famous faces from British TV: off the top of my head including Alexander Armstrong (from Pointless), Warwick Davis, Derek Jacob, Nick Frost and Lee Mack.
This is set in and around the time of Boudiccea's rebellion against Rome, and is clearly aimed (not surprisingly!) at the younger audience, leaving aside the more gory aspects of the time and introducing (just like the TV show) several song and dance numbers throughout its running - a running time that could have been cut, somewhat, if it wasn't so enamoured of toilet humour!
This is set in and around the time of Boudiccea's rebellion against Rome, and is clearly aimed (not surprisingly!) at the younger audience, leaving aside the more gory aspects of the time and introducing (just like the TV show) several song and dance numbers throughout its running - a running time that could have been cut, somewhat, if it wasn't so enamoured of toilet humour!

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Jun 17, 2019

James Koppert (2698 KP) rated
Dec 16, 2019 (Updated Dec 16, 2019)
Almost great but just OK
Imagine if Monty Python was obsessed with historic facts and made kids TV and you would get horrible histories. Parts of the film will make you laugh and the opening offers so much but it all just seems to fizzle out in order to fit the history in. It's not a bad film it's just an almost winner
Horrible Histories: The Movie (2019) reviews from people you don't follow
Not too bad
I remember reading horrible histories when i was in school, i have never watched the tv series though so wasn't sure what to expect. At first i thought it was incredibly cheesy, it was like watching a pantomime. But like being at a pantomime i eventually got into the storyline and found the songs catchy, there was a few famous faces including kim cattrall and warwick davies.
It wasn't too bad a film but i feel it could have been so much better aimed at adults rather than family.
It wasn't too bad a film but i feel it could have been so much better aimed at adults rather than family.

JUMPCUT ONLINE (77 KP) rated
Aug 6, 2019
While it’s all silly observational gags and short musical numbers, something the TV adaptations thrived on for a shorter run time, you can’t help feel this soon runs out of movie material and limps along, back and forth from character to character trying to squeeze as much comedy as they can from their scenes.
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