Ray, you are about the worst tourist in the whole world.

Rating: 9/10 (25 June 2008)

You cannot say much about this film without giving it away, and I wouldn't dare do that as it is so full of surprises that everyone should see it.
It so reminded me of Crete. I spent two years there and visited all the Minoan sites. Of course, all the tourists go to Knossos, and my wife didn't mind that as it is partially reconstructed, but the other four were a real pain to her. One is way on top of a mountain that is accessible only by a one lane dirt road. All the time you are going up, you hope a bus isn't coming down. You finally get there and you see the site as it is - a 5000-year-old, unreconstructed site. In my wife's description, "We climbed up here to see a pile of rocks!" It is exactly how Ray (Colin Farrell) felt when sent to Bruges with his partner, Ken (Brendan Gleeson). Ken, like me, of course liked the sites. The banter between the two is priceless. Martin McDonagh not only directed a winner, he wrote some of the best dialog that I have heard in a long time. Imagine a Hugh Grant film with hit men. Well, he did one of those, didn't her, but this was far superior.
And, it has Fleur Delacour (Clémence Poésy) in a very un-Harry Potter-like role. She was really great.
There are so many great characters in this film, and some great actors, too, like Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler's List, and two Harry Potters).
This is definitely a don't miss.