‘Skintown’ Review: A Breezy, Loved-Up, Drugged-Up Guide to Getting Into Trouble in The Troubles

Variety describes Kieron J. Walsh’s new film Skintown as a warm‑hearted, hot‑headed comedy that rides a buzz of nostalgia and ecstasy‑like energy. Set in the Irish county of Fermanagh, the friendship story is framed as a more polite brother to the Kneecap boys and a cautious cousin to Derry Girls. The review says the film pours fizzy, sweetly chemical energy into a rave‑romanticizing riff on coming‑of‑age.

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