Two teens hunt for a missing stash of cocaine, in a comedy with a workable balance between slapstick and proper storytelling
Cork-born teenager Conor MacSweeney (Alex Murphy) and his best friend Jock (Chris Walley) are a classic little-and-large double act, the disparity in their heights made even more comical by the way they sport near-identical tracksuits, close-shaved haircuts and bumfluff moustaches. Bored with their regular routines of working, in Conor’s case, at the fish stall run by his single mother Mairead (Hilary Rose) and, in Jock’s case, stealing bicycles, they decide to embark on an adventure. Hearing that a €7m bale of cocaine has gone missing on the coast of Kerry, they set off on a treasure hunt, pursued by a garda (Dominic MacHale) determined to bring the bike-pilfering Jock to justice.
As broad and brassy Irish comedies go (there have been quite a few of them lately), this one is reasonably palatable,...
Cork-born teenager Conor MacSweeney (Alex Murphy) and his best friend Jock (Chris Walley) are a classic little-and-large double act, the disparity in their heights made even more comical by the way they sport near-identical tracksuits, close-shaved haircuts and bumfluff moustaches. Bored with their regular routines of working, in Conor’s case, at the fish stall run by his single mother Mairead (Hilary Rose) and, in Jock’s case, stealing bicycles, they decide to embark on an adventure. Hearing that a €7m bale of cocaine has gone missing on the coast of Kerry, they set off on a treasure hunt, pursued by a garda (Dominic MacHale) determined to bring the bike-pilfering Jock to justice.
As broad and brassy Irish comedies go (there have been quite a few of them lately), this one is reasonably palatable,...
- 12/8/2016
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Carnaby to launch sales on comedy which has grossed more than €1m in Ireland.
Carnaby Sales and Distribution has acquired international sales rights to Irish comedy The Young Offenders.
The film has proven a box office hit in its local market, taking €1m for Wildcard Distribution. Vertigo recently snapped the film up for UK, Us and Australia/Nz.
Inspired by the true story of Ireland’s biggest cocaine seizure in 2007, The Young Offenders is a comedy road movie about two inner-city teenagers who look to cash in when a drug-trafficking boat capsizes off the coast of West Cork spilling 61 bales of cocaine.
Hilary Rose (The Republic of Telly), P.J Gallagher (Trojan Donkey) and Dominic Machale (Ronanism) star alongside rising stars Alex Murphy and Chris Walley.
Directed, written and produced by Peter Foott, executive producers include Cormac Fox and Rory Gilmartin.
The deal was brokered by Carnaby International’s Head of Acquisitions, Lorianne Hall, together...
Carnaby Sales and Distribution has acquired international sales rights to Irish comedy The Young Offenders.
The film has proven a box office hit in its local market, taking €1m for Wildcard Distribution. Vertigo recently snapped the film up for UK, Us and Australia/Nz.
Inspired by the true story of Ireland’s biggest cocaine seizure in 2007, The Young Offenders is a comedy road movie about two inner-city teenagers who look to cash in when a drug-trafficking boat capsizes off the coast of West Cork spilling 61 bales of cocaine.
Hilary Rose (The Republic of Telly), P.J Gallagher (Trojan Donkey) and Dominic Machale (Ronanism) star alongside rising stars Alex Murphy and Chris Walley.
Directed, written and produced by Peter Foott, executive producers include Cormac Fox and Rory Gilmartin.
The deal was brokered by Carnaby International’s Head of Acquisitions, Lorianne Hall, together...
- 11/2/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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