The Young Offenders
Two inseparable Cork teenagers steal bicycles and chase a missing cocaine bale in a reckless bid for freedom.
Overview
Two best friends embark on a wild adventure to escape their troubled lives, chasing a fortune on stolen bikes.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- warm
- lazy sunday
- friends night
What critics said
Critics broadly celebrate its energetic Irish humor, appealing young leads, and affectionate friendship-centered road-trip storytelling.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Conor and Jock leave Cork to locate a missing bale of cocaine and sell it for an escape from their troubled home lives.
The plot follows inseparable best friends Conor and Jock, whose shared schemes and loyalty drive the road trip.
Jock's bicycle thefts and Sergeant Healy's obsessive pursuit turn low-level delinquency into a recurring comic engine.
The teenage protagonists come from inner-city Cork and imagine a stolen drug bale as a way to escape troubled domestic lives.
Films like The Young Offenders, and why
Sing Street
irish coming-of-age comedy, mischievous teenage protagonists, and warm male friendship
The Inbetweeners Movie
comic road-movie structure, delinquent young leads, and scrappy friendship
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
irreverent youth comedy, criminal misadventure, and strong buddy chemistry
Pineapple Express
fast-moving comic caper built around reckless young outsiders and an escapist journey
Movie Details
- Director
- Peter Foott
- Release Date
- 2016-09-16
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (239)
Cast
- Alex Murphy
- Chris Walley
- Hilary Rose
- Dominic MacHale
- P.J. Gallagher
- Ciaran Bermingham
- Pascal Scott
- Judy Donovan
- Shane Casey
- Cora Fenton
Common questions
- What is The Young Offenders about?
- Two inseparable Cork teenagers steal bicycles and chase a missing cocaine bale in a reckless bid for freedom.
- What is The Young Offenders like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Young Offenders as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Young Offenders violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Young Offenders as mild.
- What did critics think of The Young Offenders?
- Critics broadly celebrate its energetic Irish humor, appealing young leads, and affectionate friendship-centered road-trip storytelling.
- Which films are like The Young Offenders?
- Films with a similar feel include Sing Street, The Inbetweeners Movie, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Pineapple Express.
- How long is The Young Offenders?
- The Young Offenders runs 84 minutes.
