Here Are the Young Men

Here Are the Young Men

Grow up or die trying.

Directed by Eoin Macken

Produced by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Foton Pictures

202196 min5.4 / 10

A bleak, aggressive portrait of Dublin youth adrift in nihilism and transgression, bound by male friendship but corroded by hopelessness and violence.

Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts of transgression.

Questions people ask

  • Does Here Are the Young Men end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is Here Are the Young Men sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Here Are the Young Men easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Here Are the Young Men violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Is Here Are the Young Men scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity78

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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