Real Gritty and Edgy Drama That Misses In Places

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2019)

28 January 2009. "In Bruges" is an uncomfortable experience with Colin Farrell as a rather abrasive protagonist and not the most likable fellow who is both insensitive and a brute and its a wonder why a woman would actually like him. While there's an effort to portray him with some remnant of sympathy, his guilt seems to wear a bit thin. This a beautifully well shot movie, with much of the foreign flavor captured on film along with a lovely musical score. The script is strong, harsh, brutal along with some rather risky comical inserts that are in a few places appear forced for aesthetic sake. Overall, this is an intensely strong and moving film if one can except the characters, their circumstances. Perhaps, in some ways, Colin Farrell reflects a little bit of reality of all of us, the good and the dirty parts. In this way, the movie might be considered actually a black, dark comedy of some note. The ending is a bit convenient, maybe too much so for the audience's discretion to make it what they want. Seven out of Ten Stars.