Kneecap poster

Kneecap

Mind your language.

7.3(327)20241h 45m3

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise and Liam Óg, 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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$4.3M
Language
English
  • hip-hop
  • based on true story
  • northern ireland
  • drug use
  • drugs
  • belfast, north ireland
  • irish music
  • rap
  • semi-fiction
  • irish language
  • gaelic

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Ireland, United Kingdom, France

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival18 Jan 2024
    • PremiereSouth by Southwest Film & TV Festival15 Mar 2024
    • PremiereTribeca Festival9 Jun 2024
    • PremiereOak Cliff Film Festival21 Jun 2024
    • TheatricalR2 Aug 2024
    • Digital / OTTR10 Sept 2024
    • Digital / OTTRNetflix2 Dec 2024
    • Digital / OTTRHulu2 Jun 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival: London6 Jun 2024
    • Theatrical1823 Aug 2024
    • Digital / OTT187 Oct 2024
    • Digital / OTT18Prime Video15 Nov 2024
    • Physical18Blu-ray / DVD25 Nov 2024
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereSydney Film Festival14 Jun 2024
    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival10 Aug 2024
    • TheatricalMA 15+29 Aug 2024
    • Digital / OTTMA 15+20 Nov 2024
    • PhysicalMA 15+20 Nov 2024
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical2 Aug 2024
    • Digital / OTT10 Sept 2024
  • American SamoaAS

    • Digital / OTTNetflix1 Dec 2024
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical21 Mar 2025
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereHainan Island International Film Festival4 Dec 2024
  • CzechiaCZ

    • PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival 28 Jun 2024
  • EstoniaEE

    • PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival8 Nov 2024
  • FinlandFI

    • PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival19 Sept 2024
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereBiarritz Film Festival21 Jun 2024
    • Theatrical18 Jun 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1623 Jan 2025

Frequently asked questions

Kneecap was released on 2 August 2024.

Audience reviews

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    Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

    8/8/2024

    7/10

    Director Rich Peppiatt‘s rowdy, frenzied film “Kneecap” is a lively biopic based on the hell-raising Irish rap trio of the same name. You’ve probably never heard of these musicians, but the film celebrates the general sense of anarchy as these young men become key figures in a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue. It’s a story about finding your voice in a world that seems determined to keep you down, al…

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    CinemaSerf

    8/21/2024

    7/10

    Two lads with little by way of opportunity hook up with a school music teacher (DJ Próvai) whose wife "Caitlin" (Fionnuala Flaherty) is fighting for the legalisation of the Irish Gaelic language. Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara play themselves as two "low life scum" who have been taught to weaponise their language by "Arlo" (Michael Fassbender) who has decided that it's probably safer for him to die in a fatal accident at se…

  • R

    r96sk

    8/22/2024

    7/10

    <em>'Kneecap'</em> is fairly entertaining. It's impressive how good the acting is given it stars the musical trio in acting debuts as basically themselves. Michael Fassbender adds star power, could've used more of Lalor Roddy (great in <em>'That They May Face the Rising Sun'</em>, fwiw) mind. Other pluses include the camera work and the music; never heard of Kneecap until now, though their stuff is merged in nicel…

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