This is one tedious, depressing mess of a movie with a gruesome, ludicrous, arbitrary with a capital A plot twist worthy of the third season of some schlocky Netflix series when the writers have run out of ideas.
It opens with Colin Farrell walking along a windswept cliff in the west of Ireland, in the early 1920’s. He’s dressed like he’s doing a fashion spread for GQ ( “Paddy Chic”). He has a twenty first century haircut, dyed jet black, combed forward, no parting at the side! And his eyebrows are trimmed! He plays one of the main characters, a dimwitted Irish farmer who’s in love with his donkey (the movie was written and directed by an Englishman, Martin McDonagh….I’m just sayin’). Naturally, he’s on his way to the pub even though it’s only 2 in the afternoon. He goes to the pub a lot. The pub is of course populated by the usual stock characters, Sean O’ Garrulity and Sean Mac Stereotype and yes, at one point, Una Ni Mournful sings a maudlin ballad.
As for that plot twist, it involves self mutilation. Why? Shock value? Yes. Lazy writing? Yes. McDonagh does nothing to make us believe that the character is capable of the act.
Colin Farrell and Kerry Condon, and in particular, Barry Keoghan do their best with it and there are some laughs, but rural Irish dysfunction and loneliness have been done a hundred times over and a lot better than this.
Score: Two potatoes out of Five. 🥔🥔
Stopdraggingthepanda 
Sorry to hear it. I had high hopes. Have you by chance seen The Grand Seduction from 2013 with Brendan Gleeson. I thought it was really funny.
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Just my opinion of course, I really liked In Bruges and I’ll check out The Grand Seduction, thanks for the tip. JIM
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If I were to create something that you gave five potatoes that would still be four more than I can eat.
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An interesting potential dilemma, Geo. I have a suggestion. Being Irish, I am aware that an adequate supply of potatoes is not a given, so I suggest that you store the extra 4 potatoes for a no potato day…JIM
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Reminds of a movie with Hillary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones. When Swank commits suicide, it’s so out of character I just chucked it. Very bad film.
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Yep, the best writers can make the reader/ viewer believe anything but it takes work and talent.
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So it’s full of stereotypes then and a what may be a bad macguffin! Will avoid!
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That about describes it!
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