Killing Bono Killing Bono

Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.

Ben Barnes Robert Sheehan Pete Postlethwaite Krysten Ritter Ralph Brown Justine Waddell Luke Treadaway Martin McCann Peter Serafinowicz Hugh O'Conor Lisa McAllister Stanley Townsend John Prudhont Mark Griffin Sam Corry

foreign drama comedy

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  • Kiko Vega

    Review by Kiko Vega ★★

    Lo que empieza siendo un simpático retrato de rivalidad entre unos primerizos U2 y sus colegas de banda "hermana", termina como un drama de sobremesa con toques de comedia amable que termina por dejar un olor desagradable en la película.
    Como una suerte de Anvil ficcionado, manipulando medianamente la historia original para que resulte aún más increíble, Killing Bono es una chapa con buena música de fondo.
    Y no lo digo por U2.

  • eedgars

    Review by eedgars ★★★★★

    Ko tu izdarītu ar savu brāli, ja viņa ietiepības dēļ tu nebūtu ticis pasaules labākās grupas sastāvā? Vienkārši ja brālis tev nezinot, uz piedāvājumu tev spēlēt ar citiem čaļiem tavā vietā pateiktu nē. Es laikam savu nogalinātu. Pēc tam gan atdzīvinātu, bet tikai tāpēc, lai šo vēl pāris reizes nogalinātu, jo šis vēl šo faktu slēpis ilgus gadus.

    Filmas sākas ar to, ka tīņi pie skolas ziņojumu dēļa lasa sludinājumu kur kāds Larijs Mullens meklē domubiedrus grupas dibināšanai. Tad viņi tur sadalās pa grupām un spēlē vietējās dzertuvītēs un pagrabos. Visā šajā burziņā ir brāļi Makormiki, kuriem ir sava grupa un vecākais brālis domā, ka šiem ir vislabākā grupa. Neies jau pie tā kakājoša suņa lieluma vīreļa ar spiedzošo balsi…

  • Steve Dickson

    Review by Steve Dickson ★★★

    Its a great story but the film is played too lightly. If it was better cast and told with a bit more grit this could have been something special.

  • tazy

    Review by tazy ★★½ 1

    Basada en una novela que supone cuenta la historia de un compañero de escuela de Bono y The Edge, Killing Bono es la historia de quien vivió a la sombra de Paul David Hewson.

    Quiero pensar que el libro es mejor que la pelicula, que es regularona y cuenta en poco más de hora y media lo que pudo contarse en unos 40 minutos. Para colmo, la música no es la de U2 y eso que hablamos de cuando ruleaban el mundo.

    Pros para la peli: pues es divertido ver los orígenes, contados de alguien que vivió con ellos ese momento. Supongo que U2 no sólo opacó la carrera musical de este joven escritor, sino también la de muchos otros…

  • Esme Underwood

    Review by Esme Underwood ★★★★

    Watched this with no expectations and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a little over-long but otherwise a very good film about one young man's single minded determination to fail in the most spectacular way he possibly can, despite the myriad of opportunities being thrown his way.

    Funny but excruciating at times, Killing Bono is a cautionary tale of self-sabotage that manages the frankly near-impossible feat of not making Bono the most pretentious and idiotic character in it.

  • leandro maciel

    Review by leandro maciel ★★★

    doesn't matter how much you have fucked up, you can always fuck up even more. in his search for a way to become a rockstar, neil mccormick fucked up almost every little chance he had. he could have been bono, and his band could have been u2, but, well, that wasn't what happened.

  • Luke Grima

    Review by Luke Grima ★★★

    Old Archive Review:

    Killing Bono isn’t the film quite a lot of people would be expecting when seeing it. He is still alive and well. The film stars Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Martin McCann, Krysten Ritter, Peter Serafinowicz and Pete Postlethwaite in his final film appearance.

    I remember seeing the trailer back in December and thinking this could be a surprisingly entertaining film which it is but somehow loses on what sort of film it ones to be. With this in mind though the acting isn’t hampered. Ben Barnes plays Neil McCormick who has almost a crusade to hate U2 and Bono for becoming one of the worlds biggest bands, whilst he’s still struggling along with his brother Ivan McCormick…

  • anne_f_

    Review by anne_f_ ★★★★

    "I enjoyed this fictionalised story of two brothers who want to become rock stars, as do some friends from school who are in another band. The brothers, like most wouldbe rock stars fail pretty miserably, whilst their school friends achieve worldwide and lasting success as U2. I liked this story of failure and horrible mistakes, but if it's a comedy that must have flown straight over my head as I didn't find it especially funny."

  • Niall Blackie

    Review by Niall Blackie ★★½

    The premise is good and the cast on paper looked good however, the film had poor acting and the storyline was weak. Also for a comedy I didn't feel there were enough laughs.