20 Best Movies Of 2022

2. The Banshees Of Inisherin

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Martin McDonagh's winning streak of hilarious tragicomedies continues with his latest, reuniting him with his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for a fascinatingly, darkly hilarious tale about at a crumbling friendship in 1920s Ireland.

McDonagh has proven himself an expert of dealing with deeply distressing subjects in totally disarming and funny ways, and this is yet further proof of that.

If not as inherently bleak as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, seeing poor Pádraic (Farrell) desperately trying to mend his inexplicably demolished friendship with Colm (Gleeson) is genuinely heartbreaking.

The pair are aided by sublime work from Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan, which in conjunction with the gorgeous setting and vital context of the Irish Civil War, mines profundity from a seemingly ridiculous squabble between two men.

 
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