Overview
A darkly comedic exploration of friendship and betrayal set on a remote Irish island.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- witty
- melancholic
- foreboding
- quiet evening
- dark comedy night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Martin McDonagh's tragicomic writing, the central performances, evocative cinematography, and its transformation of a friendship rupture into a mythic study of loneliness and anger.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Colm's decision to end his friendship with Pádraic develops from a seemingly mundane rejection into increasingly alarming consequences.
Colm and Pádraic struggle to articulate loneliness, disappointment, and wounded pride, expressing those feelings through confrontation rather than vulnerability.
The windswept island landscapes and small village routines contrast with the characters' inability to escape one another or their own grievances.
The 1922-23 Irish Civil War occurs offscreen but echoes the fractured friendship and escalating retaliatory logic at the story's center.
Films like The Banshees of Inisherin, and why
In Bruges
shares Martin McDonagh's blackly comic treatment of male friendship, moral absurdity, and sudden violence
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
shares an isolated rural setting, tragicomic tone, simmering resentment, and emotionally damaged characters
The Death of Stalin
shares a melancholic examination of friendship, loneliness, and mortality beneath understated humor
The Guard
shares intimate rural drama, bleak humor, and escalating interpersonal conflict shaped by social isolation
Movie Details
- Director
- Martin McDonagh
- Release Date
- 2022-10-20
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (3566)
Cast
- Colin Farrell
- Brendan Gleeson
- Kerry Condon
- Barry Keoghan
- Gary Lydon
- Pat Shortt
- Sheila Flitton
- Bríd Ní Neachtain
- Jon Kenny
- Aaron Monaghan
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Banshees of Inisherin about?
- On a remote Irish island, the abrupt end of a lifelong friendship curdles into a mordantly funny meditation on loneliness, pride, and irreversible harm.
- What is The Banshees of Inisherin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Banshees of Inisherin as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Banshees of Inisherin violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Banshees of Inisherin as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Banshees of Inisherin?
- Critics broadly praised Martin McDonagh's tragicomic writing, the central performances, evocative cinematography, and its transformation of a friendship rupture into a mythic study of loneliness and anger.
- Which films are like The Banshees of Inisherin?
- Films with a similar feel include In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Death of Stalin, and The Guard.
- How long is The Banshees of Inisherin?
- The Banshees of Inisherin runs 114 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Banshees of Inisherin?
- In United States, The Banshees of Inisherin streams on fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow.
