In Bruges is a 2008 film directed and written by Martin McDonagh. The film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as hitmen in hiding, with Ralph Fiennes as their gangster boss. The film takes place within the Belgian city of Bruges. In Bruges was the opening night film of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film opened in limited release in the United States on 8 February 2008; premiered at the Dublin Film Festival on 15 February 2008; later went on full release in the Republic of Ireland on 7 March 2008; and opened 18 April 2008 in the United Kingdom.
Colin Farrell won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for the film, while Martin McDonagh won a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay.
The plot bears notable similarities to Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter. The film also contains many references to Don't Look Now, including the claim by Chloë that the film-within-a-film is an homage of Don't Look Now. There are also several references to Touch of Evil, which Ken watches in his hotel room.
The film received generally favourable reviews from critics. As of 4 March 2009 the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 81% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 147 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 67 out of 100, based on 34 reviews. Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert gave the film high praise and a four-out-of-four-star rating, saying, "This film debut by the theater writer and director Martin McDonagh is an endlessly surprising, very dark, human comedy, with a plot that cannot be foreseen but only relished."
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