Jack's and my eager anticipation of this crime comedy was rewarded after the trailer enticed us with its bumbling dognappers and the big-time criminals whose paths they cross. Colin Farrell (last blogged in Horrible Bosses) reunites with director/writer Martin McDonagh (you must see In Bruges (2008), another crime comedy, which earned Farrell a Best Actor Golden Globe), this time playing a struggling screenwriter in over his head. Among the movie's accolades are its Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Male for Sam Rockwell (most recently in Cowboys & Aliens).
After the funny bit at the opening with Michaels Stuhlbarg and Pitt, who play psychopaths on Boardwalk Empire, we are treated to great work from Abbie Cornish (Limitless), Christopher Walken (A Late Quartet), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger), Tom Waits (covered in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), Gabourey Sidibe (Tower Heist), Bonny the Shih Tzu (the movie's tagline is "They won't take any shih tzu"), and more.
The prolific Carter Burwell (mentioned in both True Grit and Howl) composed the soundtrack and there are quite a few songs, recognizable and not (here's the amazon page).
We liked it a lot and rottentomatoes' averages are 81% critics/80 audiences. Perhaps it will win something at the Independent Spirit Awards the night before the Oscars. It's available on DVD now (we saw it on Halloween). Yeah, it's violent and profane.
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