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Handsome Devil

2017 · 95 min

A warm, funny, and heartfelt coming-of-age story about friendship and being true to yourself, with a touch of melancholy.

Directed by
John Butler
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Tagline
Follow the crowd, or follow your heart?
Overview
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.

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Directed by
John Butler
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • betrayal
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
John Butler
Written by
John Butler
Starring
Fionn O'Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott, Ardal O'Hanlon, Amy Huberman, Ruairí O'Connor, Michael McElhatton, Moe Dunford
Runtime
95 min
Country
Ireland
Languages
English

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