I’ll admit that I wouldn’t normally give much coverage to the British Independent Film Awards… however I’m just using them as an excuse to draw more attention to the film that leads with the most nominations (well, tied for the lead) at this year’s awards. In Bruges.
This movie never got a proper full wide release, and it’s a damn shame, because in my opinion, aside from Wall-E it’s probably the best film of the year. It is a wildly engaging movie with terrific characters, the best performance Colin Farrell has ever given in his career, Brendan Gleeson was genius, and I seriously don’t know if I’ve ever enjoyed watching Ralph Fiennes on screen more than in this gem of a movie.
So do yourselves a favor folks. If you haven’t seen this fantastic movie (and most of you haven’t), then get over to blockbuster or hop on your Netflix account and add this one to your list as soon as possible. Damn I hope this one gets a nomination for best picture at the Oscars. Hopefully a best picture win at the British awards will help its chances.
If you’re interested, you can go check out Doug’s original review of In Bruges over here.
I saw this movie when it was released in the theater in 2008 March. and have watched it a few more times since released on DVD. I was completely impressed with the acting, the dialogue and, in my opinion, this movie deserves every single nomination that it received. Yes, there is comedy mixed with violence that I understand some people find upsetting. But, this was a black comedy and it did shine!
Also, I think that Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fienes were brilliant. While there is violence, I find that if you really watch closely, the humanity and fragility of each character comes through in grand fashion. It is more of observing the subtleties throughout the movie. I have always found Colin Farrell to be an excellent actor and he outdoes himself in “In Bruges.” He truly does deserve the nomination (and, hopefully, will win) for best actor. And yes, I do hope this wins best film of the year!!
I saw this movie when it came out and loved it. Saw it again about a month ago and loved it again. It was the first time I watched Colin Farrell actually act. I was watching Farrell on screen; I was watching his character. Maybe not brilliant, maybe not fantastic, but the dialogue and acting were both really, really good. Definitely should have gotten a better trailer and a wide release. (Oh, and the soundtrack is perfect.)
i thought it was decent…but really not too involving for me.
In Bruges was a really good watch. A great banter film. Well deserved nominations.
i’ve heard about this one, is it any good?
I agree with you John, this was the surprise movie of the year for me as well. I rented it based on the praise from this site and enjoyed it quite a bit to say the least.
I friggin love In Bruges! I’ve watched the movie four times and it continues to be funny. It’s still my favorite movie of this year.
Wall-E best film of the year? Really?
I Bruges was a good little flick that deserves all the attention that it gets.
I really liked this movie. I don’t think it can be called “Brilliant”. Lots of other movies of it’s caliber have the same shine as it does. It’s a great movie, but nothing worth award claim.
I thought the film was good but not best picture amterial. However, Ralph Fiennes deserves a nomination for best actor he was bloody brilliant. He was really scary in the movie. 10 times scarier than the way he looks in Harry Potter.
Meh, I didn’t think it was that great. It had its moments, but on the whole I wasn’t all that impressed. Its narrative structure seemed a bit contrived and coincidence dependant, and I thought its mix of comedy and violence was kind of sick.
Caught it just recently and was really surprised at how good it was. I agree that this is the best I have seen in Farrell and Fiennes. Its a textbook definition of a dark comedy and really worth checking out!
Doug declared it a Routh lol nuff said
I’m glad to see some praise, I saw the poorly editted trailers for this film and thought it sucked, but after John wanting it to get an Oscar I knew I had to check it out and thank god.
It’s great, I could watch Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell banter all day, and the writing and acting was so good it was really natural.
I started to think all the scenes were unscripted.
Near the end it all comes together wonderfully, a feat I see less and less in movies of late.