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Handsome Devil
2016
· Movie
· 95 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2171
- IMDb #2324
- Google retired #887
- Rotten Tomatoes #1562
- Metacritic #2159
- Letterboxd #3162
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1789
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1801
- Metacritic Audience #1661
- Criticker #2318
- Kinopoisk #2612
- AlloCiné #2253
- Trakt #1632
Every rating
43–92
out of 100
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.
Details
- Director
- John Butler
- Writer
- John Butler
- Released
- 15 February 2017
- Country
- Ireland
- Language
- English, Latin
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Budget
- $1.1M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (18) →
Awards & nominations
See all 13 →6 wins from 13 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Celtic Media Festival 2018 | Ireland Single Drama (Over 30 Minutes) | Handsome Devil | Winner |
| Irish Film and Television Awards 2018 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film | Andrew Scott | Nominee |
| Irish Film and Television Awards 2018 | Best Film | Rebecca O'Flanagan, Robert Walpole, Claire McCaughley and Sarah Gunn | Nominee |
| Irish Film and Television Awards 2018 | Best Director | John Butler | Nominee |
| Irish Film and Television Awards 2018 | Best Screenplay | John Butler | Nominee |
| Irish Film and Television Awards 2018 | Best Actor in a Leading Role – Film | Fionn O'Shea | Nominee |
| Irish Film and Television Awards 2018 | Rising Star Award | Fionn O'Shea | Nominee |
| Dublin International Film Festival 2017 | Best Irish Feature | John Butler | Winner |
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13 awards — Handsome Devil
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FilmOut San Diego
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Fionn O'Shea | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Cathal Watters | Winner |
| Best Narrative Feature | John Butler | Winner |
Celtic Media Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Ireland Single Drama (Over 30 Minutes) | Handsome Devil | Winner |
Dublin International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Irish Feature | John Butler | Winner |
Outflix Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Feature | John Butler | Winner |
Irish Film and Television Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actor in a Leading Role – Film | Fionn O'Shea | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film | Andrew Scott | Nominee |
| Best Director | John Butler | Nominee |
| Best Film | Rebecca O'Flanagan, Robert Walpole, Claire McCaughley and Sarah Gunn | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | John Butler | Nominee |
| Rising Star Award | Fionn O'Shea | Nominee |
Seattle International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Futurewave Youth Jury Award – Best Feature Film | John Butler | Nominee |