Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes
Bruges (pronounced "broozh"), the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travelers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and K...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008
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October 30, 2009Mad-Eye Moody, Fleur Delacour, and Lord Voldemort -- all assembled again for a magical movie. Excellent. I kept thinking that Gleeson would fly at the end. Sadly, both he and my hopes for his miraculous salvation sunk equally as fast as the pull of gravity.
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October 8, 2009Over rated and with the cast at hand expected more. But from reading interviews neither Farrell or Gleeson where allowed any flexibility in what they where doing. A pity as it could have been a good movie.
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October 1, 2009What a refreshing surprise! This is one of the only films I've seen where the label 'Dark Comedy' is actually really fitting. I really liked it, in fact, it?s now got to be one of my favourite films! The only thing preventing this from being a 5 star film is that Ralph Fiennes is...( read more)
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August 26, 2009A refreshingly unpredictable, darkly comic and curiously haunting odyssey of two hit men, the film is a mercurial amalgam of genres and emotions set in an appropriately strange, archaic fairy-tale city. It enjoys observing their rapport and unfolds from the conflicting attitudes ...( read more)
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July 1, 2009Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell compose the axis of this black comedy, unfolding in the "fairy tale"-like Bruges. Probably one of the most amusing films I've seen lately, In Bruges is equal parts cruel and flat out funny, all while being based (oddly enough) on a...( read more)
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November 18, 2009This film so near rises above the level of just an intelligent rollercoaster ride, so damn near. A real shame. Only a few strokes could have sealed the deal. But even in falling short, it does so in a genuinely spectacular fashion with quite a lot going for it.
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November 18, 2009Loved this from start to finish. Superb acting, great plot, and some great dark humour. Recommend this to anyone.
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November 17, 2009One of the best this year. It's absurdly funny, but also knows when to be serious. Colin Farrell gave a really good performance, hopefully he'll stop doing shitty blockbuster types and stick to good acting jobs. I loved how much he hated Bruges and never missed a chance to call i...( read more)
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November 15, 2009This film is amazing. I can't tell you how many times i've watched it and can still crack up at its many dark, dark humor moments.
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November 15, 200915/11/09
(mi manca Bruges e vederla in un film mi ha fatto uno strano effetto. non mi aspettavo un film del genere, sono rimasta piacevolmente colpita. ma la musica trash durante l'inseguimento potevano evitarla ç_ç)
Critic Reviews
February 22, 2008
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
February 15, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
'After I killed him, I dropped the gun in the Thames' -- so begins In Bruges, an insanely clever thug's tale so rife with obscenity that those 11 words form one of the longest complete sentences that ... full review
February 8, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It is easily one of the best debut feature films in recent memory. The notion of a pair of hit men cooling their heels as they're forced to play tourist in a picture-postcard town is clever enough. Bu... full review
February 8, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
In Bruges is not a great movie, but there's no mistaking that it's the product of a great talent. full review
February 8, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
If you could hoist a film on your shoulders and parade it through the theater for adulation and hoorays, the new British crime comedy In Bruges would be the one. full review
February 8, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This film debut by the theater writer and director Martin McDonagh is an endlessly surprising, very dark, human comedy, with a plot that cannot be foreseen but only relished. full review
February 7, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
In Bruges is a haunting and hypnotic movie, just the thing to get lost in. full review
February 6, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
It's deeply insulting to movie audiences when an award-winning playwright thinks that this sub-Tarantino nonsense carries the essence of cinema in some way. full review
February 4, 2008
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
No one wants a movie that tiptoes in step with political correctness, yet the willful opposite can be equally noxious. full review
February 4, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
It's obvious why [director] McDonagh wanted to launch his film career with bang-bang instead of talk-talk. But his timing seems off. full review
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June 14, 2008I want to warn everybody about the trailor for this film, It makes the film out to look crap I think, but I have the feeling that it will be a brilliant movie which could be more original than most, so be carefull not to judge a book by it's cover! :)
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February 18, 2008A friendof mine & myself last night decided to go see a film, with no plans in mind of what to see.
After both quashing each others first couple choices, we agreed on this, since neither of us had any idea what it was about, but both said "Colin Farrell, cant be that bad".
What it was, was the BEST movie I have seen in a longtime that I had no expectations about. Funny as hell. Serious at the same time. It had midgets (uhh, dwarves), hookers, conmen/conwomen, hitmen, and so much more. It was random froms tart to end, but tied the whole package together well at the end. Comedic genius.
I cant figure out who the people are that have this down to only 3.5 stars, but they clearly are too politically correct to find ANYTHING funny, and thus hated this, because it does manage to poke fun at probably every race imaginable. But you still laugh when you heaqr it, because the delivery was great.
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February 9, 2008I SAW THE TRAILER AND IT LOOKED SOO FUNNY. I WANNA SEE IT. COLIN FARRELL HOTTTT.
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January 19, 2008I was on the set. This film is frickin' awesome. Everybody better go see it.
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January 12, 2008i lived in bruges for 2 years and its not a stupid city !
but good movie i think .. but its not a stupid city !!!!!! :p
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