Kneecap
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 2, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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60
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 22, 2024
The film really comes to life in the actual hip-hop scenes; the musical sequences have originality, comedy and freedom. The rest of the time, the film looks worryingly like a late 90s-early 00s cool Britannia geezer-gangster romp. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaAug 1, 2024
The film, as a result, feels wildly uneven, though it cruises on the strength of its underdog narrative and its weird, sordid touches. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneDavid FearJul 31, 2024
In a genre that runs the gamut from A Hard Day’s Night to Can’t Stop the Music, filmmaker Rich Peppiatt’s gonzo take on the band’s story — titled, simply, Kneecap — falls somewhere between those two markers of quality; the group may be groundbreaking, but this recounting of their struggle to achieve fame, glory, and inhuman levels of intoxication sticks to an extremely familiar template. Read full review
60
ColliderChase HutchinsonJan 23, 2024
After pushing up against the confines of a conventional musical biopic, it does end up mostly operating within them, hitting all the notes you’d expect it to hit, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t ring mostly true when it counts. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonAug 1, 2024
It runs out of story about midway through, and spends more time attempting to make these guys look cool than showing us the importance of their acts of linguistic civil disobedience. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubJacob OllerJul 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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