Kneecap

Name: Kneecap
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: August 2, 2024
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Adam Best, Cliodhna McCorley, Donagh Deeney, Emer Casey, Fionnuala Flaherty

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 2, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Adam Best, Cliodhna McCorley, Donagh Deeney, Emer Casey, Fionnuala Flaherty, Michael Fassbender, Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, Saorlaoith Brady, Simone Kirby

Summary: There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This anarchic Belfast trio become unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue.

Director: Rich Peppiatt

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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NME Andrew Trendell

Aug 2, 2024

Just like their insane live shows and debut album ‘Fine Art’, it’s one hell of a laugh. However it’s also full of heart; telling a real working class story as a call for unity without punching down or patronising. Read full review

Sophie Monks Kaufman

Aug 21, 2024

The humour is merciless. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Jan 19, 2024

An audacious film that completely obliterates the expectations of the musical biopic genre. Read full review

Donald Clarke

Jan 19, 2024

Never mind the plot. Written and directed by Rich Peppiatt, a former journalist who created the salty 2014 satire One Rogue Reporter, Kneecap works best as a collage of digs at contemporary Northern/North of Ireland woven in with a touching treatise on why the Irish language matters. Read full review

Dina Kaur

Aug 2, 2024

Do I wish I saw more of Fassbender on my screen? Of course. Does it almost not even matter because the main three actors/musicians carry the movie so well? Also yes. Read full review

The Playlist Marshall Shaffer

Jan 25, 2024

The film captures the what of Kneecap but also the why, which makes all the difference. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Jul 31, 2024

Writer/director Rich Peppiatt’s film has a harder time connecting its stylish music video silliness with drama that meanders and a political message that repeats like it’s stuck on a cheap turntable. Read full review

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