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By Mal Vincent (128) for The Virginian-Pilot (129) on 14 Dec 2014

Sure, there are clumsy film edits and there are too many close-ups, but an emphasis on character and acting is exactly what is missing in much…

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By John Griffin (7) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 14 Dec 2014

Famed Irish playwright Martin McDonagh's film debut In Bruges is a ferociously funny, deadly serious character study of two Dublin hitmen holed…

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By Val Roman (1) for MovieFIX (60) on 14 Dec 2014

A cleverly written and humorous script by renowned playwright and director Martin McDonagh, together with outstanding performances by Colin…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 14 Dec 2014

The revelation is Farrell, whose natural petulance as an actor has never chimed so well with his deeper reserves of childlike vulnerability…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for MetroActive (325) on 14 Dec 2014

The handling of the violence seems like that line about jesting at scars if you never felt a wound…

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By Barrett Hooper (8) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 14 Dec 2014

In terms of showing what Farrell is capable of as an actor and not just as a marquee name, In Bruges stands alongside The New World…

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By John Serba (472) for MLive.com (475) on 14 Dec 2014

In Bruges earns its laughter -- gales of it, if you're tuned into its chattering rhythms…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 17 Sep 2013

Sharply written, superbly acted, funny and even occasionally touching…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Washington Post (9,851) on 17 Sep 2012

Those who know McDonagh's work know a vein of darkness will run deeply through the comedy. It has seldom been darker. Or funnier…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 20 Jan 2012

The film's light comedy and dark morality make for an unsettling mix…

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By Robert Koehler (477) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Jan 2012

Closer to pics like “The Hit” and “Miller’s Crossing” than to McDonagh’s bristling, funny plays, this half-comic, half-serious…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 01 Nov 2011

For In Bruges to click, McDonagh needed either to get more real or more fake…

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By Sean Edgar (6) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 29 Sep 2010

One of this holiday season's most pleasant dark-horse dramadies…

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By Matthew Pejkovic (770) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 05 Jul 2010

It was a joy to watch Colin Farrell rekindle the magic seen in his earlier performances…

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By Kevin Bowen (1) for Dark Horizons (452) on 05 Jul 2010

An offbeat black comedy, part buddy movie and part Odd Couple with better weaponry, In Bruges comes cocked with twists and surprises…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 03 Mar 2010

Dry humor keeps In Bruges fresh and lively and makes it a whole lot of fun to watch…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 16 Jul 2009

A jolly mess of a movie. Overplotted, choppy, and contrived, it nonetheless has a curious vitality that makes you wonder where McDonagh will go next…

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By Enrique Buchichio (359) for Uruguay Total (359) on 16 Mar 2009

Entre la comedia negra y la tragedia sangrienta, una película inusual y con ciertos rasgos de originalidad no apta para todos los estómagos…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 28 Feb 2009

Mr. Gleeson, Mr. Farrell and especially the late-arriving and welcome Mr. Fiennes have great fun rummaging around inside Mr…

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By Chris Kaltenbach (562) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 25 Feb 2009

Tightly scripted and intricately plotted, the buddy film manages the neat two-step of being simultaneously profane and engaging…

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