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The child's-eye-view of the adult world is nuanced and convincing in both films, yeah. As for Boyle's best, I'd probably pick Trainspotting. But then I'm all gay for those hugely ironic, near-misanthropic portraits of terrible people, often on the edge of society - movies like Happiness.
In Bruges - Far better than we'd expected. Never have I seen such an odd flow of laidback, mean wit that's punctuated unexpectedly with harsh, violent melodrama. Midget banter is always funny, I say, and it starts to seem like a non-sequitur here until the narrative comes full circle in a cruelly ironic twist of fate. The best film I've seen starring Colin Farrell, easily. Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes were excellent as well.
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