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The Young Offenders

2016

Peter Foott

Alex Murphy, Chris Walley, Hilary Rose, Dominic MacHale ...

6.3

783

Comedy Two teenage boys cycle 160km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide The Guardian	"The humour here is spot on – it’s the most perceptive comic portrait of the adolescent male since 'The Inbetweeners', but with a naturalism that is unexpectedly disarming (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Patrick Peters Empire	"Raucously funny and winningly played, this is the best Irish comedy since 'Sing Street' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Charles Gant Screendaily	"[It] is well-served by its two young lead actors, here delivering impressive screen debuts (...) Paddy Jordan’s crisp lensing makes rural Cork look amply appealing"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"Hugely funny, genuinely sweet (...) Chris Walley and Alex Murphy create a magnificent comic partnership (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"One of the finest comedies Ireland has produced in quite a while (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Harry Guerin RTÉ	"The most affecting thing about 'The Young Offenders' is its depiction of brotherhood beyond the bravado (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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