Which is entirely as it should be.
Arlo now has been on the run, generally presumed dead, for 10 years.
Hes a relic of old hatreds.
From left: Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh aka Mo Chara, Naoise Ó Cairealláin aka Móglai Bap and JJ Ó Dochartaigh aka DJ Provaí in ‘Kneecap’Sony Pictures Classics
Mostly, they just want to snort a lot of white powder.
Which is how he meets J.J. O ODochartaigh, who teaches music in high school.
Their show is riotous, wild and wonderful.
They all take more drugs, mistaking ketamine for cocaine so the world goes completely loopy.
They rename themselves; Liam is now Mo Chara, Naoise is Moglai Bap and J.J. is DJ Provai.
You wonder if you’re able to keep up.
The band is a lot;thisis a lot.
For one thing, the three band members are quite remarkably good at acting themselves.
Brazen, too: What will their mammies think?
Accordingly, some critics have compared the film sniffily to a Guy Ritchie gangland caper.
But it doesnt they dont have that kind of smug self-regard.
Bad boys they may be, but they brim with eager innocence.
And, when it comes down to it, they are true believers.
They also are surprisingly well organized.
Except that we do understand it in this docudrama: Its a big fat-fingered eff-you.
Amazing, really, how much fun that can be.
