Irish rap film with 96% on Rotten Tomatoes ‘best thing you’ll see all year’

Every present and then, a movie comes retired of obscurity and becomes a occurrence nary 1 anticipated. It seems this year’s isn’t Wicked oregon Gladiator II but alternatively an Irish-speaking picture.

Titled Kneecap, the movie already proved a victor at Sundance in January, winning the NEXT assemblage grant and amazingly dominating India’s theatres, with moviegoers lining up astir the artifact to get tickets.

Now that it’s landed connected Prime Video, the buzz has started each implicit again, including Oscar buzz.

Earning a 96 percent standing connected Rotten Tomatoes, the comedy-drama is acceptable successful the precocious 2010s and follows a Belfast-based hip-hop trio Kneecap, who play themselves successful the flick.

Written and directed by Rich Peppiatt, the movie centres connected Liam Ó Hannaidh and Naoise Ó Cairealláin, arsenic the erstwhile is arrested astatine a drug-fuelled enactment and insists to constabulary helium tin lone pass successful Irish.

It’s present they conscionable euphony teacher JJ Ó Dochartaigh, who is determination to assistance construe for the interrogation and helps Liam spell free, taking his notebook, which helium discovers contains awesome lyrics.

After immoderate convincing, Kneecap is born, and chaos unfolds arsenic JJ covers his look to support his individuality arsenic portion of the politically-charged rap group.

What starts arsenic a philharmonic endeavour ends successful threats, bombs, and kidnapping and sees Josie Walker, Fionnuala Flaherty, Jessica Reynolds, Adam Best, Simone Kirby, and Michael Fassbender star successful supporting roles.

It’s been a deed with critics, who person taken to Rotten Tomatoes to station their verdicts. Ruben Romero Santos wrote connected the standing website that the movie is ‘a hilarious mode to woody with governmental problems.’

Sean Fallon said: ‘Incredible performances from the band, alongside large turns from Michael Fassbender and Simone Kirby, marque this consciousness similar an instant cult classic. It doesn’t wounded that the Kneecap’s songs are each implicit bangers.’

‘It crackles with energy, cognition and youth, and takes you on for a riotous and persuasive ride’, Wenlei Mai added.

Elsewhere, connected X, viewers gushed implicit however bully it is, with Jed Shepherd giving it ultra-high praise: ‘KNEECAP mightiness beryllium the champion movie I’ve seen this year. The directing, script, editing, performances… the ENERGY. Wow. @KNEECAPCEOL are the existent deal! PLEASE spell enactment it astatine the cinema!!’

Damo00007 agreed, adding: ‘Just been to spot it contiguous and I thought it was fantastic. Funny, poignant, political, a large communicative of a large band.’

‘KNEECAP was perfectly 1 of my favourites films from this year’, Levi Snafu wrote.

As the archetypal Irish-language movie to debut astatine Sundance, it was a gamble arsenic to whether it would rate, but thankfully, it paid disconnected and could adjacent triumph an Oscar.

IFTA confirmed successful August that they had chosen the movie to correspond Ireland successful the Oscar International Feature Film category.

The shortlist for the awards volition beryllium announced connected December 17 and the last 5 nominees volition beryllium announced connected Friday 17th January 2025 earlier the ceremonial successful March.

Watch Kneecap connected Prime Video now.

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