In Bruges

TRIPE, TRIPE & MORE TRIPE

This film reminded me of atonement. Why is it when you watch a British Film you know it will be TRIPE?. If we don't have the funds to keep up with the Americans why should we bother?

When was the last time you saw a British film that cost Millions to make? NEVER.

My advice to these guys knocking out low budget junk. If the money is not there to take on Hollywood please re frame from getting out of bed.

It is better to make nothing than TRIPE.

I also remember the full Monty that was TRIPE too. Robert Carlisle said to his employers if this film fails I'm off to Hollywood, so there you have it. Please give this TRIPE TURKEY and any other British films a miss, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

[Highly rated reviewer]

WHAT'S BELGIUM FAMOUS FOR?

I was actually born not far from Bruges and all my life people have said 'Erm, yeah well, Belgium.' So at some point I actually started using the joke that Colin Farrell makes in the movie (tea leaf, he got it from me!! ha ha) 'What is Belgium famous for? Chocolate and paedos...' (You have to watch the film to find out the rest.)

At least, thanks to In Bruges it has something else to be famous for; the setting of one of the best Brit Flicks in a long while. It's a beautiful place and, in a way, a beautiful film. Beautiful in its simplicity, its acting, its gear changes from life philosophy and talk about redemption to near slapstick without feeling clumsy.

Two hitmen (Farrell as Ray and Gleeson as Ken) travel to Bruges (it's in Belgium) to lay low and await instructions from their boss Harry (or 'Arry?, played by Ralph Fiennes). Cue sightseeing and exploration on Ken's side, boredom and stroppy teenager like moping on Ray's side. Then something goes wrong and the peace and quiet is broken, the tension starts to rise and with Harry's arrival the violence really begins.

Comparisons to Tarantino's films are understandable, yet here is a gem of a film in its very own rights. Like the beautiful town of Bruges it is not just worth the superficial discovery, but demands and deserves deeper exploration. If you like it the first time, you will want to watch it again and again. To be sure.

FANTASTIC.

SEE THIS IF YOU LIKED

* PULP FICTION

* LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS

* THE LIMEY