I'm a little late to the game on this one. I just caught it the other night at The Laurelhurst Theater in Portland which plays second run movies and (!)serves beer(!).
I had pretty high expectations for this movie from the previews I'd seen a few months ago. I was happy to go see it and was completely satisfied with the movie. Without giving too much away the situation is basically two assassins get sent to Bruges, Belgium for a job. "A job" is what you say when you're sent to kill someone without saying "sent to kill someone." It's very hip.
The story is solid and the acting is fantastic. It's witty and fun, but also dark and deep when it needs to be. Colin Farrell does a great job, as well as the rest of the cast. I felt a little ashamed to be laughing at the midget (sorry, dwarf) jokes, but the film is roughly fifty percent based on midget jokes. So I went a long with it, but I am a little disappointed that in 2008 we still use little people as a basis for comedy. But the little guy was a big racist so it's okay to laugh at him.
I would definitely recommend this movie. Be prepared for a little gore, but it's not too grotesque. It may be too late to go see but I will buy it and you can come over and watch it.
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Daniel
May2708
This is one of the movies that had truly mixed feedback. Bad reviews but not a single person who has seen it (from what I’ve heard) has not liked it. I’ll probably catch it as a rental or on HBO if they have it.
Joshua Jenkins
May2808
You’re probably a little more picky (in a good way, because you follow movies), so you may not like the movie.
But if you’re just looking for a fun couple hours you won’t be disappointed.