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Kneecap

Kneecap

MusicComedyDrama

7.25/10

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105 min

Release Date: 2024-08-02

Overview - When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.

Production Companies

Mother Tongues FilmsFine Point FilmsWildcard DistributionNaughty StepDMC FilmNorthern Ireland Screen

Overview - When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.

User Reviews

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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

7/10

Director Rich Peppiatt‘s rowdy, frenzied film “Kneecap” is a lively biopic based on the hell-raising Irish rap trio of the same name. You’ve probably never heard of these musicians, but the film celebrates the general sense of anarchy as these young men become key figures in a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue. It’s a story about finding your voice in a world that seems determined ...

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/10

Two lads with little by way of opportunity hook up with a school music teacher (DJ Próvai) whose wife "Caitlin" (Fionnuala Flaherty) is fighting for the legalisation of the Irish Gaelic language. Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara play themselves as two "low life scum" who have been taught to weaponise their language by "Arlo" (Michael Fassbender) who has decided that it's probably safer for him to die in a ...

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Great Point Media
Coimisiún na Meán
TG4
BFI
Charades
Curzon Film
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r96sk

r96sk

7/10

<em>'Kneecap'</em> is fairly entertaining. It's impressive how good the acting is given it stars the musical trio in acting debuts as basically themselves. Michael Fassbender adds star power, could've used more of Lalor Roddy (great in <em>'That They May Face the Rising Sun'</em>, fwiw) mind. Other pluses include the camera work and the music; never heard of Kneecap until now, though their stuf...

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