• Director(s)

    Rich Peppiatt

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    105m

  • Cast

    Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvai

Film

Kneecap

drug misuse, very strong language

A world-weary Belfast teacher helps a pair of young musicians champion the resurgence of the Irish language through rap in this riotous, uncompromising comedy, with frequent coarse language and graphic drug misuse.…

A world-weary Belfast teacher helps a pair of young musicians champion the resurgence of the Irish language through rap in this riotous, uncompromising comedy, with frequent coarse language and graphic drug misuse.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

  • Director(s)

    Rich Peppiatt

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    105m

  • Cast

    Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvai

drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
04/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
A cop repeatedly strikes a person's head and face with a baton, resulting in bloody detail. Moderate scenes include a montage illustrating the violence during the Troubles with a series of of undetailed bomb attacks, without sight of casualties.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderately intense threat, including gun threat.
language
The film contains very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as frequent strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘dick’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody’, ‘arse’ and ‘bastard’, in addition to use of the ‘wanker’ and ‘middle finger’ hand gestures.
sex
Infrequent strong sex scenes show couples thrusting vigorously in various positions, with occasional breast nudity and crude verbal references.
discrimination
Unsympathetic characters make derogatory remarks about native Irish speakers, referring to them as ‘scum’ and associating the language with criminality and terrorism. In one scene a police officer brutally beats an Irish speaker while demanding that he speak English. The film clearly criticises discriminatory attitudes and behaviour.
drugs
There are frequent visual and verbal references to drug misuse and dealing, in addition to frequent sight of people abusing drugs such as cocaine, MDMA, LSD, ketamine and marijuana.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A female character makes a joke alluding to sexual violence, although the verbal detail is discreet.
suicide and self-harm
A short comic sequence depicts a person faking their own suicide, without graphic detail.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
13/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
A cop repeatedly strikes a person's head and face with a baton, resulting in bloody detail. Moderate scenes include a montage illustrating the violence during the Troubles with a series of of undetailed bomb attacks, without sight of casualties.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderately intense threat, including gun threat.
language
The film contains very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as frequent strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘dick’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody’, ‘arse’ and ‘bastard’, in addition to use of the ‘wanker’ and ‘middle finger’ hand gestures.
sex
Infrequent strong sex scenes show couples thrusting vigorously in various positions, with occasional breast nudity and crude verbal references.
discrimination
Unsympathetic characters make derogatory remarks about native Irish speakers, referring to them as ‘scum’ and associating the language with criminality and terrorism. In one scene a police officer brutally beats an Irish speaker while demanding that he speak English. The film clearly criticises discriminatory attitudes and behaviour.
drugs
There are frequent visual and verbal references to drug misuse and dealing, in addition to frequent sight of people abusing drugs such as cocaine, MDMA, LSD, ketamine and marijuana.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A female character makes a joke alluding to sexual violence, although the verbal detail is discreet.
suicide and self-harm
A short comic sequence depicts a person faking their own suicide, without graphic detail.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
25/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified Date:
06/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd

  • Classified date

    13/09/2024

  • Language

    Gaeilge