In Bruges was nominated for an Academy award for best screenplay, and it's pretty obvious why. This is a very screenplay-y movie - in a good way. Tons of clever dialog, weird situations and tricky twists.
The setup: two British gangsters are told to go to Bruges and hide out after a hit. The older, comfortable chubby Brendan Gleeson, seems to find Bruges quite nice. The younger, edgy, uptight Colin Farrel, thinks its a shithole. They will have a number of philosophical discussions about this, and have a few adventures, before the movie is over. They will also meet a cute Belgian girl, a midget (he prefers to be called a dwarf), and their boss, played by Ralph Fiennes.
Although this blog has approx. 0 readers (sorry, Schprock), I still want to avoid spoilers, so I'll sort of clam up now. But I do want to discuss the midget (Jordan Prentice - though I'm sorry to say I thought he was Peter Dinklage).
He basically had the Neil Patrick Harris role: Like NPH in the Harold and Kumar movies, he is an actor who does bad things (drugs, prostitutes, politically incorrect utterances) but is open to our heroes. He is in some ways completely honest about his desires and the world around him, making him an admirable character. I wonder if this is a new "type".
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