Handsome Devil (film)

Handsome Devil
Film poster
Directed by John Butler
Produced by
  • Rebecca O'Flanagan
  • Robert Walpole
  • Claire McCaughley
  • Sarah Gunn
Written by John Butler
Starring
Narrated by Fionn O'Shea
Music by John McPhillips
Cinematography Cathal Watters
Edited by John O'Connor
Production
company
Treasure Entertainment
Distributed by Icon Film Distribution
Release date
  • 11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 21 April 2017 (2017-04-21) (Ireland)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country Ireland
Language English
Budget €1,055,000
Box office $129,391[1]

Handsome Devil is a 2016 Irish comedy-drama film directed by John Butler.[2] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

It centres on an ostracised teenager (Fionn O'Shea) at a rugby-obsessed all boys boarding school in Ireland whose new roommate (Nicholas Galitzine) is the school's new rugby star-player. The two form an unlikely friendship until it is tested by those around them.[4] Handsome Devil has received critical acclaim, winning the award for Best Irish Feature of 2017 from the Dublin Film Critics' Circle;[5] four nominations at the 2018 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards,[6] including Best Feature Film; and the Best Single Drama Award at the annual Celtic Media Festival in 2018.[7]

Cast

  • Fionn O'Shea as Ned Roche
  • Nicholas Galitzine as Conor Masters
  • Andrew Scott as Dan Sherry
  • Moe Dunford as Pascal O'Keeffe
  • Michael McElhatton as Walter Curly
  • Ruairi O'Connor as Weasel
  • Ardal O'Hanlon as Donal Roche
  • Mark Lavery as Wallace
  • Jay Duffy as Victor
  • Jamie Hallahan as Spainer

Soundtrack

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Handsome Devil offers a charming, well-acted variation on the coming-of-age story with a few fresh topical twists."[8] Metacritic gives the film a weighted average rating of 60 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Handsome Devil". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Murphy, Niall (20 January 2016). "Irish Film Preview: John Butler's Handsome Devil". Scannain. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (16 August 2016). "Toronto unveils City To City, World Cinema, Masters line-ups". Screen Daily. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Rooney, David (17 September 2016). "'Handsome Devil': Film Review – TIFF 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Clarke, Donald (26 February 2017). "The DFCC Awards at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "IFTA Nominations for the IFTA Film and Drama Awards 2018". Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Winners - Llanelli 2018". Celtic Media Festival. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Handsome Devil (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Handsome Devil Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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