What a Disappointment

Rating: 2/10 (6 July 2008)

It's getting harder and harder to find decent movies to attend or rent, so I was looking forward to In Bruges. High praise, Brendan Gleeson, hapless gangsters, etc. What could be better? But what a disappointment.
I can't believe this movie has garnered the praise it has. It was boring and amateurish, there was nothing to the characters, and if the dialogue was half as clever as it thought it was it would've been mildly amusing. Every single plot device may as well have come with sirens and flashing lights. And to tie it all together into one big mess, Ralph Fiennes is miscast, and for Colin Farrell, apparently, acting equals working every facial muscle he owns. This is no successor to Tarentino or Sexy Beast. Not at all. If it weren't for the glimpses of Bruges's canals and medieval buildings, I'd say this was a total waste.
If you want to see wit, humor, and Brendan Gleeson as a reluctant thug with a younger sidekick, try to find a copy of I Went Down.