good humor and location

Rating: 7/10 (1 September 2009)

The movie is mainly a black comedy, quite British, has very witty dialogs to and fro and a few twists as well. Set in the wonderfully preserved Medioeval city of Bruges it's also an intriguing mix, well executed, of situational humor and existential dread, and gets also to balance light and dark. "In Bruges" is undoubtedly clever, as well as properly acted and written (I had the impression it didn't quite know how to end after its best scene, more or less in the middle of the movie). In my opinion it's certainly to recommend for this look into how criminals' personal codes of honor and ethics get in the way of their jobs. Plus its original location adds surely something more to the story, although this peculiar genre has already been populated with other good examples of funny and storytelling.