A masterpiece of black comedy

Rating: 9/10 (9 August 2008)

A brilliantly written black comedy with some great underlying implications. The whole movie feels like a dream. The dialogue is outstanding and the acting performances are fairly good as well. One of the best little-known movies I've seen so far.
The movie starts slowly and quite uneventful while the characters develop but becomes faster with some memorable moments as the movie progresses. The characters are interesting and intelligently written and the performances by Farrel, Fiennes and Gleeson manage to do them justice.
The symbolism you can discern if you pay close attention adds an extra layer to this movie that gives it an edge over other black comedies. You should not, however, expect to see a lot of action scenes.