Here’s a treat. This Irish LGBT coming-of-age story unfolds against the backdrop of a rugby-mad boarding school where scrawny Ned (Fionn O’Shea) is routinely victimised for his dyed hair, artistic interests and indifference to team sports. His new roommate Conor (Nicholas Galitzine) seems to be his polar opposite – an athletic rugby hero. But Conor, it turns out, is as much an outsider as Ned. It’s completely disarming – a warm, reassuring hug of a film that should be shown to every confused kid trying to piece together their identity. It also demonstrates that there is no actor currently working who can match Andrew Scott (here playing the boy’s English teacher) for bitterly ironic smiles underpinned by excoriating self-loathing.
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