Fantastic Fest: The Banshees Of Inisherin Review
The Banshees of Inisherin is a brutal comedic vision about breaking up. This notion is a depressing event that exists across all spectrums of life. Whether it is growing apart from a friend, experiencing a breakup, or suffering a divorce, it can be hard to find comedy in the thickness of these dark moments. Yet, with Martin McDonagh’s latest work, he has managed to find something comedic and worthwhile in such a depressing topic.
The film sees the reunion of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson with McDonagh since the 2008 hit man comedyIn Bruges. That movie saw the actors have tremendous chemistry as hitmen who are dear friends. The same cannot be said forThe Banshees of Inisherin.
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The film which is set in 1923 involves two lifelong friends, Padraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson), who for years meet every day at a local pub. The film never shows the good times these two men had together but instead begins right at the end of their friendship. Padraic attempts to summon his friend Colm to the pub as part of his normal routine and Colm’s demeanor has changed. He meets Padraic at the bar but will not sit, talk, or have a drink with his old friend. And to add insult to injury, Colm says he no longer wishes to be friends with him because he just doesn’t like Padraic anymore.
From here the story dives deep into themes involving grief and depression but does so with McDonagh’s dark sense of humor. Padraic is insecure and confused about why he is being rejected by his best friend and starts pestering Colm for answers. Farrell, coming off the success of The Batman, is incredible in this role as a silly and lonely man in need of a good friend. He is always a better character actor than a
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