With "In Bruges." it feels like Martin McDonagh opened a window in a room where the air has been recycled endlessly.

| Sep 15, 2023

Nowhere did director Martin McDonagh better manage dark comedy than in his debut film (15th anniversary)

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 19, 2023

In Bruges is a darkly humorous film that should be seen not just for the way it subverts genre norms, but also for how it sculpts and redefines them into something better.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 6, 2022

The movie is about meaningful conversations, idleness, boredom, remorse, hard laughs, stark violence, and grotesque humor—I loved it.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 3, 2022

It’s got dialogue that can cut glass, performances akin to tight-rope displays, and constantly shifting alliances that keep us guessing.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 20, 2022

[Martin McDonagh's] affinity with meandering, melodically rhythmic dialogue and volcanic eruptions of profanity serves him well in this witty, wordy film.

| Oct 19, 2022

While a plot does kick in, the film is at its most fun when these two are just milling about, delivering McDonagh’s exquisite dialogue.

| Oct 17, 2022

Yes, it's yet one more violent, hipper-than-thou crime flick in love with its own dialogue. Yet for once, I'm not complaining.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 1, 2022

In Bruges is one of those “hidden gems” you don’t necessarily hear much about but, once you’ve seen it, you can’t forget it.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 26, 2022

With In Bruges, Martin McDonagh has managed to hit a home run in his feature-length debut as a filmmaker.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 25, 2022

…smart, thoughtful and multi-layered, In Bruges is a wild vacation that any broad-minded cineaste should book themselves in for…

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 23, 2022

An extraordinary comedy-drama written and directed with rat cunning and savage economy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 2, 2022

A wonderful film that has so much going on underneath all the intelligent dark humor and hitmen premise. Farrell, Gleeson and Fiennes are fantastic. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 11, 2022

Why make such a film at this point in time? There's a good deal going on in the world, why this? Does anyone care about a pair of dreamed-up assassins?

| Feb 13, 2021

You get the sense, now and then, that McDonagh is taking a little too much relish in his character's political incorrectness, but the writing is so scabrously funny that you'll laugh despite your best intentions.

| Dec 17, 2020

One of the very best pictures of the year.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 28, 2020

'In Bruges' is a fantastic Boschian nightmare with profound themes to go along with its dark comedy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 27, 2020

For McDonagh to fashionably incorporate the brilliantly assembled cast with the beautiful city as an unexplored yet subverted adventure, cement In Bruges' cult-like status as an underrated gem of modern cinema.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 15, 2020

Bittersweet, funny, heartfelt and beauteous.

| Nov 8, 2019

The writing is crisp and witty and full of interesting philosophical layers that gives the movie its surprising punch.

| Oct 29, 2019