Unexpectedly, Oddly Interesting

Rating: 7/10 (23 June 2018)

I knew nothing about In Bruges except that it takes place in Bruges, Belgium, and yet I was completely surprised by it. 10 minutes in and I was beginning to get the sense that I was not going to like this film much. It took a while longer but slowly I was drawn into the story and started to care a little bit about the characters. A few more story twists later and I was engaged, and before I knew it the film had finished. There are quite a few problems with In Bruges but despite all of them I actually I did enjoy it. It's humor is often times dark (which a lot of folks don't get/like in general) some of the scenes are contrived, and there's quite a bit of killing for a film that is in large part a comedy. So if you're the type of person open to all of those elements in the same film, see it, if you're not one of those folks then stay away.