‘Skintown’ Film Review

Kieron J. Walsh's 'Skintown,' an Edinburgh Film Festival winner, is reviewed as a breezy, drugged-up guide to getting into trouble during The Troubles. Set in 1994 Northern Ireland against the IRA ceasefire, the film follows two friends, Vinny and Jonty, who land a score of stolen ecstasy that could be their ticket out of Enniskillen. This Fermanagh-set friendship comedy offers a warm-hearted, humorous take on coming-of-age, delivering bittersweet life lessons and a precise evocation of the complex relationship with home, rather than trenchant political commentary.