The Guard is a fantastic film! The tone is a bit strange. The film is a strange mixture of slowness and comedy. The way it was shot was intriguing and the use of space was really well done. Characters standing on opposite sides of the frame and the camera being really close. Brendan Gleeson puts in a stellar performance and Don Cheadle is a good match and plays the straight laced agent well.
The principal baddies were also very enjoyable and made the film really come together. They weren't typical baddies, very unorthodox which made them interesting and I think a lot of the credit has to go the comedy. Liam Cunningham was a highlight for me. And Mark Strong just tends to pop up in different films and in this one he seems a little out of place but yet fits at the same time. I would recommend this film to everyone. I haven't laughed that much at a film or had such a great theater experience for a long time. It's also not your typical Irish film, no super sad three boxes of tissue ending. The ending doesn't necessarily spell everything out for you but it still has an ending that you know what happens without the film having to actually show you. It's not a 'Hollywood" ending.
The trailer really made me want to watch the film but I was a bit worried that the trailer showed the entire film with all of the funny bits, but even though you know the jokes are coming it's even more funny in the experience of the film itself.
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