Damo & Ivor: The Movie

Cert: 15A; Now showing Since it first appeared as a sketch on the Republic of Telly in 2011, Damo and Ivor has run for two TV series of its own. Now comes The Movie — and although slight on plot, it should please existing fans.

It takes up where the second series left off but there is enough explanation to allow people who haven’t seen the TV show to pick up the facts: Damo and Ivor (both played by Andy Quirke) were twins separated at birth when their mother couldn’t cope and disappeared.

Ivor was sold to a rich southside Dublin family and Damo went to the northside with Grano (Ruth McCabe) and each morphed into a stereotype — D4 vs Skanger. They all, including Ivor’s partner (Hannah Crowley) and baby, now live with Grano, their harmony marred by the fact that Grano is the only one getting any sex.

The discovery of a third long-lost brother, Traveller John Joe (Quirke again), prompts a family road trip in a stolen vehicle that takes them via Simon Delaney’s funfair where Damo finds love (Rebecca Grimes). Rob Burke and Ronan Burke direct, Quirke co-wrote and is expert at switching between characters.

If sex jokes, swearing and serious stereotyping float your boat, this could provide an amusing 90 minutes. But although it might sound similar to The Young Offenders, it isn’t. What you see is what you get, no hidden depths or pathos.