cheska

The Banshees of Inisherin

colm wanting to cut off pádraic from being his friend to the point that he actually cut off all of his fingers in one hand while pádraic just wants to understand colm and for him to talk to him again but no matter what he do it just makes everything worst than before that he finally had a breaking point, stood up for himself, and burned colm’s house down. friendship breakups sucks, it ruins you fr.

astrid

The Banshees of Inisherin

movie of the year with everything everywhere all at once. it deserves all the awards it's getting. for having experienced a friendship breakup where i was left not knowing why my friends didn't like me no more overnight, this resonated with me a lot (although surprisingly it didn't make me cry, breaking the streak). absolutely astonishing visuals, beautiful soundtrack and a story and characters that keep you captivated all the way through. i remember tweeting, when the first trailer came out, that irish cinema was coming back with the banshees of inisherin, and i confirm that irish cinema is indeed back with this one.

astrid

The Banshees of Inisherin

truly a masterpiece. wanted to rewatch it with now the understanding of how it reflects the civil war the eight centuries of colonization and this time i cried. siobhán who leaves representing our ancestors who left ireland because they couldn't endure more of the war. jenny's death representing the civilians killed in the crossfire. colm and pádraic's conflict representing how the war tears and divides neighbours and friends. colm wanting to leave a trace in the world and not be forgotten just like the irish fear of being forgotten as an independent country and independent culture separate from the british (thus why we always correct people when they say ireland is in the uk/britain). pádraic's loneliness reflects the generational depression and trauma due to the colonization that's passed down through generations still to this day. and pádraic deciding to stay on inisherin even after siobhán tells him he has a bed at her place and how life is better where she is but he can't leave because his life is on inisherin and he can't just leave it just like our family members who weren't able to bring themselves to leave ireland despite all the atrocities. i could go on and on about how brilliant this movie is, being able to represent such tragedy and trauma while still giving me a good laugh. if you didn't like it then you simply didn't get it because once you really understand all the meanings of that movie there's just no way to say it was bad.

grimmer

The Banshees of Inisherin

A pretty incredible film by all accounts, TBoI is Irish through and through. Good acting mixed with some very dark themes makes for a brilliant picture. Sad, but very effective.