Handsome Devil

Name: Handsome Devil
Director: John Butler
Released: 2016-09-11

2016 film by John Butler

FilmfilmQ27461783

Released: September 11, 2016
Director: John Butler
Screenwriter: John Butler
Cast: Andrew Scott
, Michael McElhatton
, Moe Dunford
, Ardal O'Hanlon
+5 more
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: LGBTQ-related film
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1.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/112416/the-best-lgbtq-films-you-can-watch-right-now-on-netflix/
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, drama film
Country of origin: Ireland
Original language: English

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Handsome Devil is a 2016 Irish coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by John Butler. It centres around Ned, an ostracised teenager at an elite, rugby-obsessed, all-boys boarding school in Ireland. Ned's unlikely friendship with his new roommate Conor, the school's star rugby player, is tested by those around them. The film features themes of homosexuality, while examining hypocrisy and snobbery in the Irish private school system. It was shot on location in Castleknock College, and is based on Butler's own experiences attending Blackrock College in the 1980s.

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Title: Handsome Devil
Color: color
BBFC rating: 15 certificate rating certificate id: AZF350700
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1.bbfc.co.uk/releases/handsome-devil-2016
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Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Coarse language, Violence
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Narrative location: Ireland
Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 60/100(November 30, 2023) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 6 critic review
83%(October 10, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 48 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Handsome Devil”Retrieved 2021-10-10
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6.6/10(October 10, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Handsome Devil”Retrieved 2021-10-10
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Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2022-08-10
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Costume designer: Kathy Strachan
Director of photography: Cathal Watters
EIRIN film rating: G rating certificate id: 60564
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1.eirin.jp/list/index.php?s_year=2025&s_month=2&e_year=2025&e_month=2&pageID=2Retrieved 2025-04-18
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