Mwah!

Title: Kisses

Dir: Lance Daly

Written By: Lance Daly

Starring: Kelly O'Neill; Shane Curry; Paul Roe; Neilí Conroy

Kisses is a sweet, edgy coming of age film set on a tough housing estate in Dublin. The narrative follows two youths, Kylie and Dylan, in their ambitions to escape their abusive, caustic, foul-mouthed domestic environments. Aided by Dylan’s furious and abusive father, the two escape the slums to find Dylan’s brother and run away to the city with no plans, direction and a wad of money.

Their reasoning like their appearances is sweet and met by the colourful smorgasbord that is Dublin and set off on a magical dark journey the magic is hsort lived as uncle tickles and the gang arrive and the rainbow goes dark blue, the money runs out and it get a wee bit cold. Forcing Dylan and Kylie to rely on each other and suck face.

The film is very dark and sweet, kind of like a pitbull in a Dior coat, the city of Dublin pulsates against the innocence and naiveté of Dylan and Kylie making their journey more fascinating and terrifying. It’s a sweet romance decorated with the harsh realities of Post-Modern Dublin sprawling with disturbing characters, spaces and consequences, yet there’s a sincerity to it which makes it wholly enjoyable and engrossing. Daly does a superb job as a Director and uses a colour saturation motif which works phenomenally to colour the two different worlds of the housing estate and Dublin, making for a cinematic delight which pulls at both your hearts strings and testicles. Groovy Debut!

I give it 6 Hoers

Fetal Balling.