Review of The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) by Theredsky — 21 Nov 2022

I was privileged in seeing this movie early at the SCAD Film Festival and it was absolutely amazing. Martin McDonagh absolutely knocked it out of the park again. Martin McDonagh absolutely knocked it out of the park again.

Colin Farrell is so far my pick for Best Actor this year. His performance here is absolutely amazing and heart wrenching at points as well. He does an amazing job at embodying this character and all his little quirks.

Brendan Gleeson did an amazing job as well. He did a great job at being the foil to Colin Farrell’s character with his more serious attitude. Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan did a great job as well with Barry Keoghan delivering probably the best performance of his career by a country mile.

One scene from him in particular is heartbreaking. I keep mentioning how this film is heartbreaking and heart wrenching but this film is absolutely hilarious as well. Almost every joke here is very well written and incorporated into each scene and they are just funny in a dark way.

This definitely falls under the black comedy genre. McDonagh does an amazing job at directing and incorporating the mix of dark comedy and drama tones together in a way that doesn’t feel jarring. The film starts out being funny but the end you’re definitely feeling emotional and sad as well.

The story is really interesting. It’s fascinating watching Colin Farrell try to get back under the good graces of Gleeson’s character and all the incidents that follow that. The cinematography and music are both breathtaking and easily some of the best of the year.

The cinematography and music are both breathtaking and easily some of the best of the year. As much as I love this movie, I would say that McDonagh’s previous film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is just slightly better than this.

I would highly recommend watching this when you get the chance of you want a slow burn comedy/drama.