In Bruges Receives Three Golden Golden Globe Nominations

If a film screens in January, did it come out at all? In the frenzy of year-end awards season, it sometimes doesn't seem like it. Early this year, Jurgen sang the praises of Martin McDonagh's dark comedy In Bruges, which stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleason as hitmen tormented by a crime gone wrong. In Bruges, Jurgen wrote, "keeps constantly modulating moods, from broad fish-out-of-water comedy to revenge thriller, from soul-searching morality tale to the resolution's near-Boschian horror, which plays like a twisted Belgian version of Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now."

After premiering opening night at the Sundance Film Festival, In Bruges had a brief run in art house cinemas, grossing less than $8 million before it disappeared. Much to our delight, the Golden Globes have bestowed three nominations on the previously unheralded film: Best Picture for a Musical or Comedy as well as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy nominations for both Farrell and Gleeson.

In the category of Best Foreign Language film, two critically acclaimed French films were denied nominations. Neither Lauren Cantent's The Class nor Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale were recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Instead, Philippe Claudel's I've Loved You So Long received a nod, along with The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany), Everlasting Moments (Norway),  Gomorrah (Italy), and the animated documentary Waltz with Bashir (Israel).

The complete list of Golden Globe nominations.