Kick-Back Friday: #115

Intermission (2003): I believe that Colin Farrell and America got off on the wrong foot. The actor's bad-boy antics could hardly be excused by his clumsy work in Spielberg's Minority Report (2002) or Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004). Dude should have adhered to his Irish roots if In Bruges (2008) and Intermission are any indication. Farrell is vastly better in both Irish films than in any Hollywood vehicle to date.* And he proves himself to be, not a leading man, but an exceptional ensemble player—particularly in Intermission, a 9-plus character jumble of what goes down whan a young couple breaks up.

* With the possible exception of Crazy Heart.