‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ review: A grudge match of an Irish Civil War pits Colin Farrell against Brendan Gleeson
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Oct 26, 2022
3 minutes
Friendships dissolve for a litany of reasons. Exasperation. Envy. Fallen scales from gradually or suddenly clearer eyes. Sometimes it’s a last straw; sometimes, an entire bale of hay, parked in plain sight, unnoticed for years.
The reasons for the breakup in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” writer-director Martin McDonagh’s fourth feature, become clear in due course. But they’re not important, not really. Like “some fool of a moody schoolchild” or simply a man protective
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