The Banshees of Inisherin

Oh - I’d read reviews that said it was quite amusing? Obviously not!

I really enjoyed it. Very atmospheric and left a real impression. Mind you, it’s ages since I’ve been to the cinema so perhaps I was easily pleased!

O dear! I was really looking forward to it - it has had rave reviews! May have to rethink!

Sorry, this is just my opinion😬.
Had it not been delivered in an Irish accent it would have had zero charm.

Just read a précis of this film. Gosh that sounds like a barrel of laughs!

Oh I was looking forward to this. I'll still give it a go. My mother used to regale us with tales of banshees in Ireland when she was a child. She told us she found a banshee's comb in a field once.

The banshee is alive and well in the countryside in Ireland. (Banshee, bean sídhe means Fairy Woman). My husband heard her years ago, and a son just recently. I wish she'd have a go at singing for Putin.

Mark Kermode gave it a great review in The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/23/the-banshees-of-inisherin-review-martin-mcdonagh-colin-farrell-brendan-gleeson

We used to terrify ourselves as children with tales of the banshees. We’d sit on steps of the big house as darkness fell and tell terrible stories, I was always the first to be called in and would run down the street with my heart thudding in my chest.

I watched it yesterday. After some of the comments I was concerned it would be very dour, but it was really funny, well written, acting was fantastic and the landscape was wonderful.

I found it gripping (and a bit grisly) but I really loved it.

I came home and then recommended it to all my family.

I haven't seen it but two of my friends (not friends of each other) said it was very good.

Saw this last week and thought the cinematography was superb. Great black humour, but my two friends and I were the only ones laughing in the cinema, and there were plenty of laugh out loud moments. I suspect quite a few hated it, or just didn’t get it.