‘Banshees of Inisherin’ review: McDonagh film is nuts — and hysterical
nypost.comToronto International Film Festival on Monday night. Running time: 109 minutes. Rated R (language throughout, some violent content and brief graphic nudity).
In theaters Oct. 21.“Banshees,” reuniting Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell from “In Bruges,” is a scream from start to finish-erin.
The brilliant dark comedy (almost needless to say with McDonagh at this point) is about a man named Colm (Gleeson) who lives on an island off the coast of Ireland who unexpectedly tells his best friend Pádraic (Farrell) he no longer wants to speak to him.
A nice little domestic story of strife and reconciliation, right? Wrong. There are amputations and deaths.To prove he’s not bluffing, Colm tells Pádraic that every time he utters a word to him, he’ll cut off one of his fingers.
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