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The Next Oscar's Best Picture? feels like Love Story 😱
Can you find the love story here? The Banshees of Inisherin ( 2022) By
Martin McDonagh
Plot Summary: On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, Padraic is devastated when his buddy Colm suddenly puts an end to their lifelong friendship. With help from his sister and a troubled young islander, Padraic sets out to repair the damaged relationship by any means necessary. However, as Colm's resolve only strengthens, he soon delivers an ultimatum that leads to shocking consequences.
This is an often shoulder shudderingly funny film, whose comic dialogue is dazzlingly designed and performed. But McDonagh leaves fate itself with the last, black, bone rattling laugh. Martin McDonagh's new movie takes place on an island off the Irish coast decades ago, but it could just as easily be in a rural community anywhere. Two middle aged men, apparently friends for years, are going through a mysterious crisis. One of them suddenly refuses to speak to the other, and Colin Farrell can't figure out why his old friend has turned hostile. It's Ireland, so of course there's a pub, a Catholic Church, a hovel where Farrell lives with his sister and another where his friend Brendan Geeson lives alone. And there are goats, a dog and donkey. For a while the dialog misleads us with its quaint charm and it seems we're easing our way into comical territory. However, Mr. Geeson's behavior becomes increasingly irrational and darkly troubled. Before long Farrell, too, becomes a bit unhinged. It becomes clear that there are things beneath the surface of their relationship that are determined to break through and see the light of day. Only a few fleeting moments hint at their deep feelings for each other, but it seems a subject neither one has ever articulated. The movie is a masterful study of friendship on the edge of becoming something deeper, though the chances of that ever happening seem remote. A beautifully made, immensely moving film that gives both actors the roles of their careers and us? We get the best movie of the year.
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Martin McDonagh
Plot Summary: On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, Padraic is devastated when his buddy Colm suddenly puts an end to their lifelong friendship. With help from his sister and a troubled young islander, Padraic sets out to repair the damaged relationship by any means necessary. However, as Colm's resolve only strengthens, he soon delivers an ultimatum that leads to shocking consequences.
This is an often shoulder shudderingly funny film, whose comic dialogue is dazzlingly designed and performed. But McDonagh leaves fate itself with the last, black, bone rattling laugh. Martin McDonagh's new movie takes place on an island off the Irish coast decades ago, but it could just as easily be in a rural community anywhere. Two middle aged men, apparently friends for years, are going through a mysterious crisis. One of them suddenly refuses to speak to the other, and Colin Farrell can't figure out why his old friend has turned hostile. It's Ireland, so of course there's a pub, a Catholic Church, a hovel where Farrell lives with his sister and another where his friend Brendan Geeson lives alone. And there are goats, a dog and donkey. For a while the dialog misleads us with its quaint charm and it seems we're easing our way into comical territory. However, Mr. Geeson's behavior becomes increasingly irrational and darkly troubled. Before long Farrell, too, becomes a bit unhinged. It becomes clear that there are things beneath the surface of their relationship that are determined to break through and see the light of day. Only a few fleeting moments hint at their deep feelings for each other, but it seems a subject neither one has ever articulated. The movie is a masterful study of friendship on the edge of becoming something deeper, though the chances of that ever happening seem remote. A beautifully made, immensely moving film that gives both actors the roles of their careers and us? We get the best movie of the year.
© Lousystone
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