Mostly rubbish

Rating: 4/10 (8 March 2009)

I can't believe this film is currently rated so high over here. It looks good for the first couple of minutes, but soon you realize it's going to be rubbish, mainly because of one of the poorest scripts I can remember in recent times.
The dialogues are so badly written as to become really worried about McDonagh's future in the business if he insists on shooting his own material. He's technically quite correct as a director, although there are some worrying choices in that department too, like the rather too long sightseeing sequences of Bruges that sometimes feel like you're watching a travel documentary instead of a movie.
And the dialogues, oh boy. They are trying so hard to be funny, smart and witty, a la Tarantino, but they fail miserably. Some of the stuff, like the "midget" discussing whose side he'd be on if a war between dwarfs was to start (sorry, I can't remember the silly, unfunny details) are downright embarrassing, and so are other bits during the whole movie. The story-telling is not exactly brilliant either.
Brendan Gleeson is quite good, Farrell is annoying as hell, and Fiennes overdoes it a bit too much.
Not worth your time or your money. Avoid!