The Banshees of Inisherin : Review

"The Banshees of Inisherin" is a comedy of mortification as well as exasperation.

Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are the 21st century's answer to Laurel and Hardy.

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The actors display a chemistry and virtuosic interplay that recalls nothing so much as Comedy of Exasperation.

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"Banshees" is set in 1923, and several times its characters discuss hearing guns.

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The conflict between Colm and Pádraic serves as a handy metaphor for Ireland's Civil War.

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One of the neatest tricks of the movie is how it leads the viewer to identify more with Colm.

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"Banshees" has touches of tenderness that are sometimes ever-so-slightly confounding.

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Farrell does some of his best acting with his furrowed eyebrows; Gleeson has a glare that's both a death-ray and an enigma.

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Barry Keoghan as Dominic almost steals the movie out from under the leads.

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