Brakes is a dark, improv-based ensemble comedy set in London. Divided into two parts, it tells the story of each couple's relationship in reverse, starting with the break-ups.
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.
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Wendy Ide
RTObserver (UK)Nov 26, 2017
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 ...
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Sarah Gosling
RTLittle White LiesNov 24, 2017
Charming and could easily have been brilliant, if only it had been more concise.
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Louise Burrell
RTOne Room With A ViewFeb 19, 2019
The script is wobbly at times and certain scenarios feel contrived, but Brakes manages to be charming nonetheless.
