A beautiful, sad and funny movie about the loss of friendship and what can cause this in a person. It is a very rich film that deserves all the applause it receives and it is a pure masterclass of acting.
The funny thing is that it seems like Martin McDonagh made kind of a prequel to "In Bruges" with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson portraying similiar characters (yet in different circumstances) and show off the same dynamic. It feels like the film portrays the great-grand parents of those two In Bruges' characters. The environment of course is different and extremly unique in its own way. Colin Farrell surely gives one of his greatest performances and this is the film he will most likely be remembrered forever for. He was brave to show all kind of different emotions that he hesitated to show most of his film career. Brendan Gleeson is simply terrific. Finally he gets the recoginition he is overdue for a long time already. Its such an interesting character and constantly unpredictable. Then you have Barry Keoghan who hits the final straw of becoming one of the respected actors of his career. He really has the most tragic charaxcter of all and he masters it marvelously next to the two more famous actors besides him. Kerry Condon also gives an extremly beautiful performance full of strengths. From that perspective the film is already a winner but then we also have a very well balanced direction by Martin McDonagh and an extremly well drafted screenplay by him. Thi sin addition to a fantasic cinematography and great score makes this film a true masterpiece of the year. The ending was a bit bleak but I think that will grow on me on future encounters with the film.
Truely one of the best of the year.
The funny thing is that it seems like Martin McDonagh made kind of a prequel to "In Bruges" with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson portraying similiar characters (yet in different circumstances) and show off the same dynamic. It feels like the film portrays the great-grand parents of those two In Bruges' characters. The environment of course is different and extremly unique in its own way. Colin Farrell surely gives one of his greatest performances and this is the film he will most likely be remembrered forever for. He was brave to show all kind of different emotions that he hesitated to show most of his film career. Brendan Gleeson is simply terrific. Finally he gets the recoginition he is overdue for a long time already. Its such an interesting character and constantly unpredictable. Then you have Barry Keoghan who hits the final straw of becoming one of the respected actors of his career. He really has the most tragic charaxcter of all and he masters it marvelously next to the two more famous actors besides him. Kerry Condon also gives an extremly beautiful performance full of strengths. From that perspective the film is already a winner but then we also have a very well balanced direction by Martin McDonagh and an extremly well drafted screenplay by him. Thi sin addition to a fantasic cinematography and great score makes this film a true masterpiece of the year. The ending was a bit bleak but I think that will grow on me on future encounters with the film.
Truely one of the best of the year.