
Just last night, I was talking with a friend who had finally seen playwright Martin McDonagh’s feature film debut In Bruges, starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes. He didn’t like it. He found the characters unbelievable and the central story boring and he thought Peter Dinklage was in it. I ended our friendship immediately.
But maybe my ex-friend will have a chance at redemption soon enough, because Variety is reporting that McDonagh’s sophomore project, Seven Psychopaths, is selling at Cannes and accruing a supporting cast to join its star, Colin Farrell. Who shall be joining Farrell? Oh, just some actors you probably don’t like or care about: Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Christopher Walken. I’ve never heard of any of them, myself. I hope they don’t stink up the joint.
Another dark comedy, the story is such: a screenwriter (Farrell) struggling for inspiration for his script, “Seven Psychopaths,” who gets drawn into the dog kidnapping schemes of his oddball friends (Rockwell and Walken). Things take a turn for the worse when a gangster’s (Rourke) mutt goes missing.
Hopefully Farrell will karate chop a dwarf again. I think that should be his “thing.” Like Arnold always worked “I’ll be back” into his films, Farrell should always work in a moment where he karate chops a dwarf.





6 comments
Other things your ex-friend probably hates: sunshine, laughter and joy.
And puppies. I bet they hate puppies.
What news! Farrell is one of the very finest thespians working today, and to see him reteam with his IN BRUGE collaborators is great news for fans of cinema. I can’t wait!
PS I saw IB in theaters. I feel like I should get brownie points for that, in case anyone is keeping score
Not just to be contrarian but if there had been sunshine, laughter, joy, or puppies, I might’ve stayed awake through the first act. Seriously, the film bored me to sleep. I might find the dwarf comments offensive if I knew what the hell you were typing about. However I shut this turkey down and went to bed after the blank-shooting scene.
Holy shit, are you the asshole mentioned above or an all-new asshole?
Nardo, I can’t help but notice:
a) you look like a sphincter and you’re calling folks assholes– (how is it a winner like you doesn’t have more friends?)
b) you’re personally attacking me over my opinion of a movie that hasn’t put nary a coin in your purse– (Never mind the friend question, I get it.)
c) you’re either 14 and need to wipe your mouth because you just shit your face or you need to find something to get passionate about that immediately effects you, like oral incontinence
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