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In Bruges [2008] | ![In Bruges [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XHTgM-zAL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Martin Mcdonagh
Actors: Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 120
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582554892
ASIN: B0019KBZH2
Release Date: August 11, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The considerable pleasures of In Bruges begin with its title, which suggests a glumly self-important art film but actually fits a rattling-good tale of two Irish gangsters "keepin' a low profile" after a murder gone messily wrong. Bruges, the best-preserved medieval town in Belgium, is where the bearlike veteran Ken (Brendan Gleeson) and newbie triggerman Ray (Colin Farrell) have been ordered by their London boss to hole up for two weeks. As the sly narrative unfolds like a paper flower in water, "in Bruges" also becomes a state of mind, a suspended moment amid centuries-old towers and bridges and canals when even thuggish lives might experience a change in direction. And throughout, the viewer has ample opportunity to consider whose pronunciation of "Bruges" is more endearing, Gleeson's or Farrell's. The movie marks the feature writing-directing debut of playwright Martin McDonagh, whose droll meditation on sudden mortality, Six Shooter, copped the 2005 Oscar for best live-action short. Although McDonagh clearly relishes the musicality of his boyos' brogue and has written them plenty of entertaining dialogue, In Bruges is no stageplay disguised as a film. The script is deceptively casual, allowing for digressions on the newly united and briskly thriving Europe, and annexing passers-by as characters who have a way of circling back into the story with unanticipatable consequences. That includes a film crew--shooting a movie featuring, to Ray's fascination, "a midget" (Jordan Prentice)--and a fetching blond production assistant (Clemence Poesy) whose job description keeps evolving. There's one other key figure: Harry, the Cockney gang boss whose omnipotence remains unquestioned as long as he remains offscreen, back in England, as if floating in an early Harold Pinter play. Harry has reasons inextricably tender and perverse for selecting Bruges as his hirelings' destination, and eventually he emerges from the aether to express them--first as a garrulous telephone voice and then in the volatile form of Ralph Fiennes. By that point the charmed moment of suspension, already shaken by several eruptions of violence, is pretty well doomed. But In Bruges continues to surprise and satisfy right up to the end. --Richard T. Jameson
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 Funniest film I've seen in quite some time June 26, 2008
Greedo (England)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Totally agree with the previous two reviewers. This is a film that deserves to be seen by loads of people, as it is truly hilarious!
Granted, it might not be everyone's cup of tea, as there is the odd bit of violence, and the humour is very dark and often non-PC. But hey, we're all adults right!? And anyway, one thing that surprises a little as the film unfolds is that it does actually have some morality at it's heart, as we witness Colin Farrell's character regret his past actions, and Brendan Gleesan's character see a chance for Farrell to find redemption.
The two leads are fantastic - with good chemistry - delivering the many amusing one liners with aplomb, as are the supporting cast, with Ralph Fiennes putting in a performance that will recall Sir Ben Kinsley chewing up the scenery in "Sexy Beast", and the midget (the character Ray's term, not mine!!! I can't seem to see his name on imdb) sending himself up in a manner that you will never forget.
Bruges itself is also a character in the film of course, and despite Ray's constant funny put downs of the place, it looks beautiful. So much so in fact that I now plan to go sometime...I just hope there's no Irish hitmen seeking refuge there when I do!
Great film, recommended.
A really fine film September 17, 2008
Neil Butler (Poole)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
In Bruges is one of those films that you stumble across all too infrequently. It works on so many different levels. First up and most obviously it's extremely funny, but it also has some really touching sequences and a level of depth that is incredibly unexpected.
What largely gives away that this is more than just an un-pc comedy is the films pace and it's downbeat soundtrack. The music that crops up in many of the scenes where the two leads are reflecting on why they are in Bruges adds a level of sadness and impending unease to the piece. It sounds very much like the musical score from the film Dead Man's Shoes (both films are from Film 4 so possibly the same musician / composer was used).
Both Farrell and Gleeson are excellent and their relationship is the foundation upon which the film is built. Farrell tends to get the best comedic lines "But they're filming midgets!" while Gleeson does a fine job wrestling with his conscience about what his job entails. Farrell also handles the sensitive issues of his own character with a level of aplomb. And the ending is great too.
It's not often you get a film set in Bruges, and the scenery adds perfectly to the atmosphere. A good job all round.
Brilliant black comedy June 27, 2008
Mr D A Strassheim
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Charming, funny, entertaining and original. This film is great as long as you appreciate a slight edge to your humour. Colin Farrell gets better and better as the film goes on and the storyline unfolds slowly to a really great ending. A breath of fresh air (unlike this cliche)
good job by the little fella June 23, 2008
2cleverbyhalf (somewhere in the future)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Farrell gets back in the saddle after the drek which is 'Cassandra's Dream' playing, once again, a man racked with guilt about a murder he's committed. Only this time he's actually in an enjoyable film full of wacky but believable characters and some great 'moody' shots of one the best cities in Europe.
See Bruges, and die... August 16, 2008
Antyllus (London, UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
One of the wittiest films I have seen in a long time, fast paced with an unexpected ending, and lots of immaculately timed little twists in the story.
Only a short Eurostar hop away from London, Bruges is one of the prettiest medieval cities in Belgium, a country otherwise referred to(maybe unjustly) as being as dull as a long rainy weekend up in the Swiss Alps... Here two assassins, Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), hide out in in the hotel 'Rosary' after Ray's first botched job as a hired hand, working for the ruthless Harry.
Whilst being holed up in Bruges the lives of the two assassins begin to diverge with Ken enjoying the architecture and cultural offers of Bruges whereas Ray is bored out of his wits being the illiterate rogue he claims not to be. Ken is a fatherly figure toward the young Ray, trying to guide him onto a different path when the memories of his botched assassination begin to haunt him. But everything seems to take a turn for the better when Ray meets Chloe on the local set of a movie featuring Jimmy, an American dwarf. Then calls Harry from London with instructions...
The script takes some very funny swipes at firmly held prejudices and political correctness without necessarily trying to justifiy any of them, incorporating common stereotypes delivered in deadpan fashion. They feature the ubiquitous overweight American tourists, effing lunguage, the Irish ejit prototype, dwarfs, and a whole incident on smoking in restaurants - and, that scene serves as the balancing point for the unexpected outcome of the interlinked lives.
Really not to be missed when it comes to full entertainment.
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