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  • 2011
  • R
  • Vitagraph Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Vitagraph Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary An epic 12-year journey into in the world of an Irish Traveller community, Knuckle takes us inside their brutal, secretive and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives. Chronicling a history of violent feuding between rival families, the story focuses on two brothers as they fight for their reputations and the honor of their family name....

Directed By: Ian Palmer

  • 2011
  • R
  • Vitagraph Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Vitagraph Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Knuckle

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary An epic 12-year journey into in the world of an Irish Traveller community, Knuckle takes us inside their brutal, secretive and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives. Chronicling a history of violent feuding between rival families, the story focuses on two brothers as they fight for their reputations and the honor of their family name....

Directed By: Ian Palmer

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88
Jan 5, 2012
With Knuckle, Palmer offers a thorough -- and extraordinarily compelling -- portrait of the Travellers.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
78
Dec 7, 2011
Knuckle is the real deal, with the strapping, brutally human Traveller clans butting heads with not only one another but with the very future of their subculture's existence.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 8, 2011
The film is very much like a home movie in trying to tell its story of families and feuds complete with the bad lighting, bad camera angles and meandering observations. Though you will wish for more polish and insight, its unruly action is hard to resist.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 27, 2011
As anthropology lessons go, Knuckle is strong stuff, and it's easy to accept Palmer's conclusion that the problem he's showing us may well have no solution.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 7, 2011
It's an involving but frustrating peek into a private culture involved in a self-defeating cycle of violence and mythologizing.
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60
Dec 8, 2011
While the film becomes slightly redundant, the anger and strife its characters cannot overcome is awful, poetic and, frankly, astonishing.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 7, 2011
Palmer's acknowledgement of his own involvement in, and thrill at watching, these events speaks volumes, but simply showing generations of pasty, fat men pounding each other to a pulp shouldn't be mistaken for an in-depth exploration of Gaelic machismo.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Rise Films, BBC Storyville, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
Release Date Dec 2, 2011
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Twelve years. Three clans. One war.
Website http://www.knucklethemovie.com/
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Awards

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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