The Banshees of Inisherin: Great Acting, but a Nihilistic and Depressing Film!

Writer/Director Martin McDonagh made one of my favorite films in 2017, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri."  Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson were both fabulous in "In Bruges" (2008).  How could another film by McDonagh, starring these two great actors, not be a winner?  Furthermore, this movie is on almost everybody's Top 10 list!  The film is being praised for its dark humor, while Farrell and Gleeson are even being favorably compared to Laurel and Hardy! If there is such a thing as a very good movie that, as my good friend Ted G. would say, is "pure torture" to watch, this is it!  Robin and I both thought it was as depressing and tragic as a film can get!  If you happen to be on the verge of suicide, but can't seem to find the "courage" to follow through, bring a cyanide capsule to this film and it will be the last thing you ever see.  Unless you need to see every film by one of these two great Irish actors, I'd pass on this one. The movie takes place on an island off the coast of Ireland in 1923, while the Irish Civil War is raging on.  Padraic (Farrell) is a dairy farmer living in a small cottage with his sister, Siobhan (Kerry Condon).  There isn't much to do there.  Padraic and his best friend, Colm (Gleeson), pass some of the time, on most days, at the local pub.  Colm plays the fiddle and occasionally composes a tune. Suddenly, Colm decides he is "done" with Padraic and no longer wants to have anything to do with him.  Padraic is understandably devastated and puzzled, so he demands an explanation.  Has he offended Colm, without realizing it?  Colm tells him that he is just too dull, and he doesn't want to waste any more of the short time he has left on earth being bored to tears conversing with him.  Padraic, however, refuses to take "no" for an answer, resulting in a rather drastic and self-destructive response from Colm.  Their feud soon causes toxic ripples throughout the community.  Farrell and Gleeson have great chemistry, but how so many reviewers found their interactions humorous rather than profoundly sad really puzzles me. Their feud perhaps is a metaphor for the pointless Irish Civil War, but how primarily vicious and hurtful lifetime-best-friends can be towards each other, even though occasionally there may be a moment of compassion between them, is way too bleak a view of human nature for me. Webster's defines "Banshee" as a female spirit in Gaelic folklore whose appearance or wailing warns of an impending death of a family member.  By the way, there aren't any "Banshees" in Inisherin, but I will let out a mournful wail for the movie fans who see it!