I quite enjoyed the director's two feature films "In Bruges" and "Seven Psychopaths", so why not give his Oscar-winning short film a chance. I watched Wes Anderson's very first film starring the Wilson Brothers recently and was slightly disappointed, not so by this one. Not at all.
It's amazing how McDonagh succeeds to mix grief and dark humor so well and he always seems to get the best out of his actors. Gleeson's is one of the best portrayals of a grieving widower I've ever seen and Rúaidhrí Conroy (who I thought looks like a rougher version of the young William Gregory Lee) delivers an absolutely convincing performance as a stone-cold sociopath. Why oh why hasn't his career taken off so far. He was amazing. Also, I thought the train, although it didn't really contribute anything to the story, worked wonders as a setting. I almost felt like sitting in there watching the bunch.
Being a vegetarian for years I usually tend to feel a bit nauseous when animal violence is depicted graphically on the screen, but I can forgive this one the two scenes (cow, rabbit) because it just fit the story so convincingly. This is nothing short of a must-watch, even if you don't love Gleeson as much as I do.
PS. Your general face was ratty.
It's amazing how McDonagh succeeds to mix grief and dark humor so well and he always seems to get the best out of his actors. Gleeson's is one of the best portrayals of a grieving widower I've ever seen and Rúaidhrí Conroy (who I thought looks like a rougher version of the young William Gregory Lee) delivers an absolutely convincing performance as a stone-cold sociopath. Why oh why hasn't his career taken off so far. He was amazing. Also, I thought the train, although it didn't really contribute anything to the story, worked wonders as a setting. I almost felt like sitting in there watching the bunch.
Being a vegetarian for years I usually tend to feel a bit nauseous when animal violence is depicted graphically on the screen, but I can forgive this one the two scenes (cow, rabbit) because it just fit the story so convincingly. This is nothing short of a must-watch, even if you don't love Gleeson as much as I do.
PS. Your general face was ratty.