POSITIVES
This is a story about a broken friendship and the series of situations that follow that. Starts off incredibly innocuous then escalates into a point of no return like you wouldn’t believe. Writer-Director Martin McDonagh has a story to tell you here, and it’s one you probably should check out.
Cast of actors here are amazing. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan, give you all the reasons to watch their performances in this film. Plus there's also a Miniature Donkey and Border Collie in the cast too. So much win!
Dialogue is top notch here. Fantastic conversations and back-and-forths that just keep you invested in what’s going to happen next. I also appreciated the humor, which adds welcome levity, plus has one particular joke that really had me laughing out loud.
Simple place to stage a movie? Sure. But the cinematography is incredible, and the location perfectly compliments the premise.
Despite the seemingly simple premise of a movie, this actually has a lot of social-political commentary being made. The themes and metaphors absolutely makes this movie far more interesting than it may appear to be at first. Thought provoking and perfectly made to generate intellectual discussions about what happens in the film.
NEGATIVES
There might be a point when you might wonder and complain about how this particular premise could possibly have been made into a movie. You might get restless or bored at how seemingly inconsequential of a plot this movie appears to have.
Just going to say it, the first half is just not as good as the second half. The first half could probably have been tightened a bit to get to the more interesting parts of the story.
The decisions made by certain characters may seem so baffling that it might just frustrate you.
Someone dies, and it’s someone I didn’t want to die.
If you can’t keep up with the Irish accent spoken in this movie, then you may as well stop watching.
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