When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise and Liam Og, 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.
Director
Rich Peppiatt
Cast
Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvai
Rating
Year
2024
Country
Ireland
Language
English, Irish Gaelic
Main Trailer
Reviews
- "Rich Peppiatt’s feature debut spins the freewheeling cinematic language of Edgar Wright and Guy Ritchie into a fun, heartwarming, and suitably raunchy celebration of the Irish language."
- Consequence - "The funniest thing to come out of Belfast since [fill in the blank if you can], KNEECAP is a riot which strains let’s-form-a-band film tropes (they’re the ‘shit Beatles’ via The Commitments), stirs in some Monty Python, sucks up the Young Offenders in all its shell-suited glory and blows it out at audiences in a blast of two-fingered audaciity."
- Screen Daily - "Bursting with unruly energy that practically escapes the confines of the screen, KNEECAP is a riotous, drug-laced triumph in the name of freedom that bridges political substance and crowd-pleasing entertainment."
- Variety - "An audacious film that completely obliterates the expectations of the musical biopic genre."
- TheWrap - "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."
- The Irish Times
Awards
- Sundance Film Festival
Festivals
- Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival
- South by Southwest Film Festival
- Nantucket Film Festival
- Tribeca Film Festival
- Oak Cliff Film Festival
- Sydney Film Festival