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The Banshees of Inisherin: Movie Recap

Movies & TV

By Mia Wilson

- Jan 10, 2023

The Banshees of Inisherin centers on two longtime friends (Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell) who come to a deadlock after one of them breaks his relationship suddenly.

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Additionally, Kerry Condon & Barry Keoghan also appear. The film successfully brings back Farrell and Gleeson. Before ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, they collaborated on McDonagh's first feature film, In Bruges (2008).

Main Plot

Time to get to the bar for a pint at 2 o'clock. Before heading over, Colm (Gleeson) ignores Padraic (Farrell) when he knocks on his door to visit his old friend. Padraic admonishes. This behavior is unusual considering they are close pals. They always go to the club and start talking.

As she pours more alcohol into Padraic's glass, the bartender muses, "Maybe he just doesn't like you anymore."Finally showing up, Colm says, "I simply don't like you anymore." Padraic scowls, blinks three times, and scratches his head. How did he act? He occasionally says stupid things while intoxicated, but never anything that cannot be forgiven.

Padraic travels back home on the muddy road. A civil war is raging on the island of Inisherin, which sits off the larger Emerald Isle. Does the major thoroughfare on Inisherin have a monument of the Virgin Mary? Could a Guinness pour with a substantial, foamy head?

An explosion stopped Padraic in his tracks. On the opposite side of the water, he notices a cloud of smoke. He says, " Good luck to you - whatever you're fighting about.

As Padraic makes his way home, he encounters Dominic (Barry Keoghan), a fellow island resident who exudes a decidedly town-imbecile attitude. "They annoy me, wars and soap operas" claims Dominic.

He is the son of the neighborhood cop (Gary Lydon), who abuses the underprivileged Dominic to refine his techniques for pounding on the locals, which may cause the young man's aversion to soap.

The Banshees of Inisherin is now streaming on HBOMax.