In Bruges

The stationery of the hotel where Ken and Ray are staying has the hotel name as "De Rozenkransje - Brugge".

Brugge being the Flemish name for the town of Bruges.

Even a fictitious Belgian hotel would never be named like that, because the article is incorrect.

'Rozenkrans', meaning Rosary, would indeed have the article 'de'.

However, 'Rozenkransje' is the diminutive and as such would always have 'Het' as the article.

Even for proficient but non-native Flemish/Dutch speakers, this is a commonly made mistake.

Ken warns Ray by jumping off the Belfry.

However, the Belfry's windows have fencing in front of them to prevent people from doing that.

When Ray tells Ken that they are in the Basilica of the Holy Blood, named after a phial of Christ's blood brought back from the Crusades, they are not.

They are in the Jeruzalemkerk, a private church built in the 15th century as a mausoleum for a wealthy merchant's family.

The Basilica is the most visited church in Bruges.

The length of the Chloe's cigarette when she and Ray are at dinner changes between cuts.

When Ray is preparing for his date with Chloe and is checking himself in the mirror, he is trying to decide whether to leave his top button open or button it.

He decides to button it, then turns to Ken for approval and the camera cuts to a different angle.

You can see in his reflection in the mirror that his top button is open.

When he faces the mirror again and the screen cuts back, it is buttoned again.

When Ken stops Ray from shooting himself in the head while sitting on the park bench, it is evident that the gun Ray is using was the one taken from Eirik the previous night.

However, while this gun was originally loaded with blanks, Ray found some live bullets in Eirik's apartment (and even if he had shot himself with the blanks, it would have still been fatal.

) When Harry and Ken meet in the outdoor restaurant, the type of glass Harry drinks from changes from a large glass to a small glass.

When Ray accidentally shoots the child while shooting the priest, in the first shot of the dead boy the child's eyes are open.

In the next overhead shot they are closed.

When Ken is drinking alone in the bar, the bartender serves him a glass of beer that is well below full.

The camera angle changes and then changes back again to show Ken is about to drink from a full glass.

In the park, Ken's silencer is for a.

22 pistol (as evidenced by the small exit hole at the end), but the pistol itself is a larger caliber, 9mm or similar.

The silencer would be destroyed by the first shot.

Ray was clean-shaved when he was about to go on a date with Chloe.

On the date at the restaurant he has some bristle, unlike the scene mentioned before.

When Ray and Chloë are at the restaurant, Chloë is smoking a cigarette, blowing the smoke into the Canadian's face.

Smoking however is not allowed in Belgian restaurants since 2007.

The automatic "Colt" style auto would have fired 7 shots.

The auto is not a double stack model which would have fired 10 rounds.

In the final scenes the gun fires 12 not possible for that type of gun design.

I decided to see it because of all the good buzz it got from here. A surprisingly original and brilliant film!

Really enjoyable and intelligent film. Involving from the start, this is sad, funny, violent and very non PC.

This action drama centers around three characters from a criminal organisation. Two hit men and their boss become involved in a situation that creates unusual circumstances and outcomes.

Colin Farrel and Brendan Gleeson work perfectly together as characters with opposing minds. The performance of Colin Farrel reminds me of his great and under appreciated work in Phonebooth.

We visited Bruge once. Its memorable and exhausting spiral staircase medieval bell tower is featured in this comic tragedy.

From the off, this had the look and feel of a cult movie. Being neither an out-and-out comedy nor an action thriller, I personally feel that this movie was mis-marketed - however, at least the PR machine made me want to watch it in the first place and I'm glad I did.

I love this film, and have seen it a number of times. It has many superlative elements, and one flaw.

Well, This is my 1st comment at IMDb, Actually I never did it before, coz never saw any good act before In Bruges, The way Director represented situation here, we cant judge, I have seen lot of movies, I predicted almost 80% before scene plays, but here U cant predict anything, U cant judge is this Drama or Comedy art, u juzz follow the movie till end. Role played by best actors, Colin played best innocent guy, Brendan Gleeson given as usual best act, even we can see the Hotel Owner (Preg Woman) also given excellent dialog delivery, like other characters.

In Bruges is a truly wonderful film set in Belgium (... in Bruges), starring Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, and one of the greatest performances from the past 5 years in cinema, from Brendan Gleeson.