I was In Bruges

This so wants to be an arthouse film, but it can't quite pull it off. (Not the least because it goes for an amazing number of f's per minute...) Lots of imagery, lots of in-depth discussions of the meaning of life, lots of... really pointless sitting around talking, not much happening.

Two criminals are sent to stay the radar In Bruges, but why they are in Bruges in particular and what they are going to do while there slowly comes out in the film, and there are things going on in the town that they get involved in... But the key word there is 'slowly', and the movie really drags in the middle. Fortunately, the second part really kicks it up and works to keep the audience going.

Since seeing Lake Placid, I've liked Brendan Gleeson as an actor, and continued to like his performance in this. Colin Farrell does a nice job as the frantic Ray. Ralph Fiennes is brilliant, coming in as Harry Waters. Clemence Poesy has a rather different role to her Harry Potter one, but a final credit has to go to Jordan Prentice.

Not a brilliant movie, barely one worth watching to pass the time. There are plenty of worse movies, but if you have the patience to get through the middle, the movie then becomes watchable.

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