The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) poster
2022 · drama · comedy

The Banshees of Inisherin

Directed by Martin McDonagh1h 54m2022
ElsewhereIMDb7.6296kRT96%Metacritic87TMDB7.53k
  • sombre
  • measured
  • intense
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Sombre, measured, measured drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Our read · The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a friendship breakup played like tragedy with dark Irish wit.

ends bittersweetit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upanimal harmsuicide theme

Skip it tonightYou want plot momentum tonight and slow existential comedy will frustrate you.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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