Review of The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) by Spiritji — 09 Feb 2023

I totally agree with your girlfriend. I am 71 and it is the worst movie I have ever seen. I am telling everyone I know not to see it. Why is so so awful?............I saw one reviewer who said his wife became physically ill and I could easily see that.

What stood out for me was that every sentence that came out of someones mouth was a Klesha. What is a kleshas ? Mental states that cloud the mind and manifest in unwholesome action. (ie anger, fear, jealousy etc) Every word was dark, depressing, unkind, mean.

.........The movie just kept going downhill darker and darker.........I expected it would balance....that there would be some sparks of kindness but none.........Cutting off his fingers because the depressed guy spoke to him when his love in life was playing music is supposed to be art??? In whose world.

.......plus made the Irish look stupid and mean. My ancestors are from the Irish Islands and this movie was really an insult to them............