For anyone who has seen the trailer for In Bruges and thinks, "This looks like a silly little mob movie," I am here to help.
The best way to convey to you the nature of this film is to say that it is really two films. One is shown in the trailer, lots of cursing, silly scenes and dialog and so on. The other is a moody little art film that wants to make you stop and think. What it wants you to stop and think about not even the filmmaker knows so what you end up with is a very uneven movie that has bits of very strange and outrageous dialog and action in between long stretches of canals and gothic buildings that should evoke....something.
Hopefully you are now armed with more than the information from the trailer. Be strong.