Kneecap

Just saw the trailer online. I cant understand that northern accent, and i cant understand the irish.

I'll wait until its on general release.

I heard the lads on with Pat Kenny this morning and they sound great craic and the film itself sounds look good crack too. I'm imagining a sort of cross between Derry Girls and Snatch through the medium of Irish.

I'll definitely give it a go.

Not my cup if tea. Surely coming to with a decent name for the film should not have been hard instead of that stupid name. I will wait a few years and watch it on RTE whenever it gets there. No way I way would pay €2 never mind more to see that in a cinema sorry. It should have been a straight to T.V film.

Really enjoyed it, bit corny at times.I took my 18 year old niece from London,she was in stitches...

"Kneecap is a great band and film name. Both a cheeky reference to the band's deep Belfast roots 

and

 an Irish-language pun. Suitably in-your-face given the nature of the trio's music and attitude. No notes IMO."

I disagree. Think it's a terrible name and have no interest in the band of the same name or this. Besides to many proper good films in the cinema to go see this.

Really enjoyed it. Quite like the fact that you have no idea what’s fact or fiction. Didn’t expect Fastbender’s part to be so big.

Just back. Thought it was brilliant

"Oh sorry never watched it, should have been straight to TV, the balaclava I'm so offended"

It's a band, their job is to entertain and to entertain the demographic that earns them the most money.

Just like every other band, movie star etc…

Some sad cnuts in here trying to bring ithem down.

No acting skills at all and they nailed it.

From nothing to the Oscars. Hope they win it.

Thought it was a lot of fun. Quite formulaic storytelling and the emotional end of it probably could have been punchier, but it's funny and the use of music is really strong, and of course, the language elements are all handled really well. I enjoyed it a lot.

Do we? Irish people hate Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson, Michael Fassbender, Katie Taylor, Niall Horan, Kellie Harrington, etc etc etc? The only worldwide famous Irish person that we find divisive is probably Conor McGregor, which is more to do with his tweets than his fighting. The cliche you're talking about is not reality, it's just a cliche people like to repeat.

The whole point of Kneecap is to provoke a reaction. You have a lad wearing a tricolour balaclava. People will have an opinion on that. And we can all be happy if Irish people are doing well but also think their act is 'not for me'/'a bit try-hard'. I think their act is a bit of a grift but best of luck to them as I'm sure plenty, especially Irish-Americans, will lap it up.

Isn't that the nature of entertainment and the nature of most bands, especially younger ones.

The plot is a bit all over the place and it shamelessly bears more than a passing nod to trainspotting and I'm totally not their target demographic but it's an absolute riot. I came out of the cinema elated and bought tickets to an upcoming gig.

Sure, if you haven't seen it. How can you say it is a straight to TV film?

This is very odd.

Saw this last night. I don't like rap music, I've heard only a tiny bit of their music and didn't know a whole lot more than that.

Have to say, it was a superb bit of fun. And to be fair to the lads, they are all fine actors. Well worth watching in my opinion.

Great film. It should be shown on every school in the country. Best way of undoing all the damage our education system has done to our poor wee language.

Kneecap – 9/10

An outstanding debut from director Rich Peppiatt. All the more impressive when you consider that he’s directing a bunch of non-actors playing themselves. It’s loud, full of attitude and has bagsful of energy.

To combine rap music, foul language and rampant drug taking with a poignant story about lost identity is no mean feat. It has both purpose and meaning and I left the cinema feeling that I had learned a lot. It fires on all cylinders. One of my films of the year.

It’s good to see Fassbender picking his projects well again.

i'm talking about the movie - not interviews by the band members - how the movie came across to me - and thats how it came across - even the father didn't approve of their ways; pro drugs and dealing "you don't understand the irish language" - he even said that to him - you might wanna watch it again.. ie: the father didn't approve of how he was using the irish language