In Bruges
Focus Features | Release Date: February 8, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
26
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Mr. Gleeson, Mr. Farrell and especially the late-arriving and welcome Mr. Fiennes have great fun rummaging around inside Mr. McDonagh’s modest bag of tricks. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Neither star is sloppy, but both are loose and mellow -- a couple of pros who know they're the whole show. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
It's a showpiece for that Belgian city's medieval splendor. You may want to book vacation reservations upon leaving the theater, although the memory of this underwhelming movie may tarnish the sightseeing. Read full review
50
Village VoiceElla Taylor
Bruges may be the movie's rather too-long-running joke, but Farrell's shaggy brow is easily the most entertaining thing in Irish playwright Martin McDonagh's first foray into the crime caper. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The film's light comedy and dark morality make for an unsettling mix. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
As formulaic in its own way as anything mainstream Hollywood turns out, In Bruges is also a fish-out-of-water comedy. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
For In Bruges to click, McDonagh needed either to get more real or more fake. Read full review
40
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
No one wants a movie that tiptoes in step with political correctness, yet the willful opposite can be equally noxious, and, as In Bruges barges and blusters its way through dwarf jokes, child-abuse jokes, jokes about fat black women, and moldy old jokes about Americans, it runs the risk of pleasing itself more than its paying viewers. Read full review
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