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.
