The Naughty Room
The Naughty Room

The Naughty Room

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Four
  • 2012
  • 1 episode

75 minute black comedy drama about a 20 year old imprisoned in the family bathroom. Addresses adult themes including drugs and child abuse. Stars David Egan, Cosmo Jarvis, Tom Hannaford, Anita Scrivener and Catriona McDougall

Press clippings

The Naughty Room is a beautifully well judged balance of foul-mouthed whimsy and genuine tragedy, telling the tale of a 20-year-old slacker (David Egan) living with his mum and lost in a fug of partying and drugs years after the death of his father. A discarded wank-sock brings him into contact with a neighbour he never knew he had: Todd, for years kept indoors by his mother for an indiscretion only revealed later in the film. Over time the pair's bond deepens and redemption beckons. It's a strikingly individual vision for debut feature director Cosmo Jarvis (best-known for YouTube breakout hit Gay Pirates): a little naive (the dovetailing narratives are a touch too convenient, and the voiceover is overused), but beguilingly put together and performed by an amateur cast and crew, all on a budget of only £8,000.

Gabriel Tate, Time Out, 20th August 2012

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