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(1 - 37) of 37 OFCS Rating: 76% Fresh Page   1   3/5 "Feels like two short films bolstered end to end, one a deliciously dark comedy with a heart of gold and the other a less accomplished gangster flick that is too derivative and neatly tied up for its own good."   Eye for Film   Amber Wilkinson C "Unfortunately, the finished product is lost somewhere in the messily finger-painted tones; Bruges is a decent blast of uneasy cinema, but is ultimately crushed under the weight of its own self-adulation."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 4/5 "a fantastic start to a new career."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti B "Here is an unapologetically irreverent European flick that makes subtle character development as effortless as Colin Ferrell's upward bent eyebrows."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "But for all the showy action and spurty blood, it's the evolving intimacy between Ken and Ray that is most compelling in In Bruges."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "...it's certainly difficult not to admire the fervor with which both Farrell and Gleeson tackle their respective characters and the film's ample dialogue..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C- "The unbelievable sensitive hit men trifle might have worked if it was just a travelogue about the Belgian Flemish fairytale medieval city of Bruges."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "'In Bruges' discloses nothing that is not at once discernible and, even with new wrinkles, does not measure up against better caper-gone-awry works."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 3.5/4 "A bravura, genre-twisting gem. This is one picture that packs a wallop."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B+ "Doesn't need to be too hip or too cool to be damn good."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens 2/5 "Entre la comedia negra y la tragedia sangrienta, una película inusual y con ciertos rasgos de originalidad no apta para todos los estómagos o sensibilidades."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "The breeziness and eventual dramatic weight of the story, along with the hilarious, snappy dialogue, help the film rise above its basic ordinariness."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "No chit-chat passes by without an ornate bit of would-be profane drollery"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce B "Nothing more than a modern film noir incongruously set in a medieval city, but...made enjoyable by its unusual locale, tart tough-guy dialogue and a strong cast."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2.5/4 "Once the shooting starts, everything collapses, and the ending is the kind that causes head-shaking. It's as if the filmmaker realized he wrote himself into a corner and had to resort to a contrivance to bring things to a close."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "In Bruges is funny and flashy, but as it ends you know you've been laughing because it truly hurts, and every flare and flash of the talking and the killing have left something much more subtle burned into your brain."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 7/10 "An intriguing mix of situational humor and existential dread, a balancing act of light and dark, memorably executed."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 6/10 "The two lead actors, Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell, were great in their respective roles."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 3.5/5 "Marketed as a much faster-paced shoot-'em-up than it ultimately is...Go for the scenery, stay for the Act III climax and Ralph Fiennes."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery A "Writer/director Martin McDonagh has created something tonally unique, a film that is hilarious and tragic, irreverent and wistful, peopled with characters learning to love life with death all around them."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "The film is a trifle, but a darkly entertaining one."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1.5/3 "Si no conoce Brujas, In Bruges le brinda la oportunidad de, por el precio de una entrada, contemplar casi dos horas de sus bellos paisajes urbanos. Y poco más."   Off-Off-Critica   MalaBesta 3/4 "Everything comes together in a climax that acts like one in a standard crime thriller but means a bit more."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[I]ntellectual slapstick, a ticklish combination of comic torment, a brutal grasping of life's fickleness, and sheer bloody violence that is like a shout in the dark against it..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 5/5 "All in all an excellent film from a filmmaker with a promising future."   Mike Bracken's Horror Films   Mike Bracken 1.5/4 "Melancholic music and a torpid pace don't make In Bruges profound, but they are symptomatic of this phony, pretentious crime film's schizophrenia."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "It may be a Tarantino knock-off in the end but it is one of the most entertaining Tarantino knock-offs that I can recall seeing in recent memory."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "An entertaining blend of dark comedy, gruesome suspense and tender emotion"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "Full of black humor and sharp comedic jabs, but with an undercurrent of genuine soul searching."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "A very dark comedy that gets sillier and bloodier and less funny as it nears its violent conclusion."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A- "...not, fortunately, a Hollywood film and doesn't dumb down for its audience. Instead, Martin McDonagh makes you pony up and pay attention to his complexly woven tapestry."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 8/10 "Visually stunning photography of the silent byways and crannies of the ancient medieval city of Bruges frames a story of guilt and honor played out by wonderfully demented hit men."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 4/5 "fun fun"   sbs.is   Stefan Birgir Stefansson 5/10 "Offbeat and off-putting, unless you're really heavily into "guilt and sins and hell and all that.""   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 9/10 "A near-masterpiece, impossible to pigeonhole or predict. It is the kind of great movie that could only be made by a neophyte."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 1.5/4 "Too good for action, its action is flaccid; too good for hip, its hipsterism is tired."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 37) of 37 OFCS Rating: 76% Fresh Page   1