The insta-reviews for "In Bruges," thursday night's opening film at the Sundance Film Festival, are looking positive.

Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere calls it "a very funny piece" and a "fascinating, above- average intellectual crime romp." Glenn Kenny at Premiere.com praises its "very snappy dialogue and daringly crass humor."

Robert Koehler at Daily Variety took the contrary view. "Highly erratic," he calls it, and "moderately fair as a nutty character study, but overly far-fetched once the action kicks in."

Here is the Tribune's mini-review.