It's not a $100 million blockbuster, but In Bruges has carved out a niche for itself as an enjoyable, humorous buddy movie. It stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.
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In Bruges is a tale of two hit men (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) stuck in a Belgian tourist town. E! Online bills the film as "the greatest thing Colin has ever done."
The movie opens in March, but Farrell is ready to talk about it now...
On the In Bruges script: "It's my favorite thing I ever read." So, how does he think Oliver Stone and Michael Mann would feel about that? "F--k them!" he laughs. "I think they'd feel fine. They have an idea of how good they are."
On his life in Belgium: "I was hidden, knackered after most days. I found a nice unisex steam place, all aboveboard. All these bodies, different shapes and sizes, we all just sat and talked together."
On the dialogue: "There's a great line where Harry (Ralph Fiennes) is on the train [and] sits down in front of this businessman. And the businessman says something to him like, 'Are you going to Bruges on business?' And Harry goes, 'If I wanted to talk to a c--t, I would have gone to the talk to a c--t shop.'"
Colin Farrell stars in In Bruges.
The dark comedy's plot is summed up on IMDB thusly: Holed up in Bruges, Belgium after a difficult job, two hit men begin to differ on their views of life and death as they become used to local customs.
Does that sound good to you? Perhaps a few words from well-known critics will help you make up your mind:
- No one wants a movie that tiptoes in step with political correctness, yet the willful opposite can be equally noxious. -- The New Yorker
- It's obvious why [director] McDonagh wanted to launch his film career with bang-bang instead of talk-talk. But his timing seems off. -- New York Magazine
- Just when you think you've seen every possible variation on the hit-man genre, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh in his feature debut has fashioned an audacious combination of Old World grace and modern ultraviolence. -- The Hollywood Reporter
- Melancholic music and a torpid pace don't make In Bruges profound, but they are symptomatic of this phony, pretentious crime film's schizophrenia. -- Slant Magazine
