In Bruges
John • August 12th, 2008 • 4 Stars, Comedy, DramaThis may be my favorite movie of the year so far. This is a great British film about a couple of assassins that takes place in Bruges, Belgium.
The strong point of this movie is the writing. The dialogs between Ray (Colin Farrel) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) are great, they are vulgar but always funny. Ray in particular is a very cynical man who likes to make offensive jokes. The dialog reminded me of the early Guy Ritchie movies.
The plot itself is simple, but there is a lot of emotions surrounding Ray’s character. Ken is almost like a father figure to Ray, so he tries to help him as much as he can. They have a few great serious conversations about their line of profession and the ethics surrounding it.
Ray also has some misadventures with a girl he meets, which bring to some very funny scenes. But everything comes crashing down when Harry calls. That was a great scene, a long funny telephone call between Harry and Ken, that ends with the real reason for the call, and everything gets serious.
When Harry shows up it gives this movie another boost, his presence is just great. He’s not only funny but scary at the same time. The conversation he has with Ken, leading up to the tower is just great. It might seem silly, but it totally made sense to me. These people are like criminals with principles.
I did have a problem with the many coincidences at the end, all the characters of the movie basically bump into each other in the span of 1 hour. It just didn’t make sense, even considering that Bruges is small. However the emotions around that ending were so powerful that it felt like a minor problem to me.
This is really a great film, highly recommended.
Rating: 4.5 Stars
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