In Bruges film review

In Bruges
The review by Peter Beech

Peter Beech starts the review by quoting the film’s opening scene “After I'd killed him, I dropped the gun in the Thames, washed the residue off my hands in the bathroom of a Burger King, and walked home to await instructions”. This is a rather interesting start to a review and I believe he could not have picked a better opening paragraph. By choosing these lines, Beech not only intrigues the readers, but also makes them wonder what happens next.

Peter Beech continues by describing the plot, mentioning how a young hitman, Ray, played by Colin Farrell has to settle in Bruges for a while, after finishing his first job for a crime boss, Harry Waters, played by Ralph Fiennes. He also explains that Ken, an older gangster played by Brendan Gleeson will be accompanying Ray in Bruges.

Furthermore, Beech continues by describing the city of Bruges itself. I think he really hit the spot by saying that the Bruges is the fourth name on the cast list. The city does indeed play a big role in the movie and Beech could not have described it better.

Moreover, Beech includes few spoilers that are crucial for the film while describing Ray’s character.  He also talks about his own interpretation of the movie explaining that he believes that the point seems to be about belonging. Two criminals, alienated from everyone, stranded in a city full of families right before Christmas. While describing this, Beech quoted the scene from the movie that supports his argument.

The next paragraph of the review almost excuses the film’s poster, as Beech states that he has not seen In Bruges in the cinema because of its crime caper like look. However, it is evident that he has changed his opinion after seeing the movie. Nonetheless, Beech does say that the movie indeed has elements of crime caper with the segments of postmodernism.

He continues by comparing the movie to Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, but states that the characters from In Bruges never disappear into cool. Also, the review has nothing but the words of praise for the actors, their performance and the script itself.

I absolutely loved this review. It engages the reader and does all the justice to the movie. Beech’s witty comments and self interpretations make this review even more interesting. It is obvious that he loved the movie and his enthusiasm is more than evident in this review. I think it is very important that he mentioned actors’ performance, which was nothing but brilliant, and gave them the praise they deserved. In my opinion, Beech wrote an amazing review that would convince anyone to watch this movie, and those who have already seen it to watch it again.