The Banshees of Inisherin

The Banshees of Inisherin

A tragicomedy film. Released in 2022. Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. Kerry Condon also acted in it. I saw it at Toho Cinemas Yachiyo Midorigaoka in February 2023.

It depicts a strange friendship between a boring man and a male violinist in an isolated island of Ireland.

One day, suddenly, Pádraic's best friend, Colm, says that he will end a friendship with Pádraic. Watching Pádraic who wants to know the reason and persistently asks him about it, I got irritated because I remembered some men, who kept on talking to me even if I apparently ignored them. Then I wanted to tell Pádraic that there is no use talking to the person if a person gets beyond the limit of their patience and do him not to talk to Colm anymore. Colm ends a friendship with Pádraic because Pádraic is silly and boring. That is reasonable. Nevertheless, Pádraic keeps on talking to him. I finally wanted to say that that was enough. Then, Surprisingly, Colm makes an outrageous act. I could not understand and accept it. It was like an act in a horror movie. Although many film fans say that the flick itself is a metaphor, yet I will never like to think like that. I also will never be satisfied with the fact that it received a Best Picture Oscar nomination. I believe that She Said is far better than it, however, that did not receive the nomination. I would surely have started to doubt the reliability of the Academy Award if it had gotten the Oscar. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson gave wonderful performances as Pádraic and Colm respectively. What I did not like is the story. The other characters like a mean police officer, a vulgar priest and an eerie old lady increasingly made me hate the movie. The sole saving grace was the existence of Pádraic's beautiful sister and a reader, Siobhán. Her decency stood out in the island where much absurd things occurs. Honestly, I also thought of the actor, Kerry Condon, as Rebecca Ferguson during watching it. She was really pretty.

It might be good considering the popularity, all the same, it is not my favorite.