Apparently Mr Farrell has been voted one of the sexiest men on earth.
I really just don't see it myself. I just find him... annoying.
However, that doesn't stop In Bruges being a cracking film and very funny if you're happy in the dark side. Even though Farrell's overly twitchy face made me wince sometimes, words still came out of his mouth that made me laugh.
But that is no doubt due to brilliant writing - Martin McDonagh as In Bruges' writer-director is obscenely talented. I would have been paralytic with jealousy had I not been helpless with laughter.
The story is set in Bruges, obviously, a medieval, pretty-pretty architecture city where two hitmen are sent by their boss when a job goes wrong. It's a tale of guilt, honour, love, sin and the search for redemption, all played out with lashings of wit. The scene in the brothel with the dwarf, the coke, the ecstasy and the prostitutes is pretty amusing. As was shooting the vicious little skinhead in the face with a blank. Like I say, it's got its dark side, but it's a welcome contrast to the grimm's fairytale setting.
Star of the film is Brendan Gleeson. That man is total class. Utterly convincing, massively, massively talented.
My mate Andy, who's seen In Bruges, reckons it's quite trite but I think it talks quite profoundly about the nature of forgiveness and the burden of guilt.
Anyhow, big thumbs up from me.
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2008-05-04 @ 20:18