Kneecap (2024)

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Synopsis

Dir: Rich Peppiatt. Irish Gaelic/English-language Comedy/Drama. An Irish speaking music teacher from Belfast (DJ Próvai) meets two young men (Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara), and together they form a Hip Hop group that raps in the Irish language.

Content elements

• Pervasive use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang; infrequent use of profanity, cursing, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons and gun violence, some in a police brutality context - some blood and detail; infrequent depictions of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand in documentary context - no blood or detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast nudity, detail
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context; infrequent portrayals of phalluses in a pictorial context
• Frequent portrayals of tobacco, cannabis, alcohol, and illegal substance use in recreational context; infrequent portrayals of drug trafficking

Thematic elements

• Dedication to purpose
• The power of language
• Politics and art

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for substance abuse, sexual content, coarse language, and violence

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