This is either going to sound to you like a high old time or a teeth-grinding exercise in forced frivolity, and that might sum up the appropriate range of responses to The Brothers Bloom.
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05/21/09
The Brothers Bloom (2009)
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Reviews Counted:123
Fresh:78
Rotten:45
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Despite strong performances The Brothers Bloom ultimately does not fulfill its lofty ambitions.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Nov 30, 1999 Wide
US Box Office: $3,479,844
Synopsis: Though THE BROTHERS BLOOM seems to be equal parts THE STING and THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, director Rian Johnson's second feature is still strikingly original. Adrien Brody (KING KONG) and Mark Ruffalo... [More]
Starring: Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Rinko Kikuchi
Director: Rian Johnson
Reviews for The Brothers Bloom
Annoyingly hammy and trite.
05/20/09
Unfortunately, writer-director Rian Johnson is suffering from a fatal case of 'the cutes.'
05/19/09
[A] deliciously clever, convention-busting flick with more soul than you'd expect...
05/19/09
I’ll take a flawed, yet charming and clever film over a cookie cutter big budget flick almost any day of the week.
05/18/09
Scheduling blunders aside, this is worth seeking out because, despite its low profile, it offers the rarity of "summer fun" without the seemingly obligatory "dumb" appended to that descriptor.
05/18/09
I thought there really wasn’t much substance there. It was almost too much style.
05/18/09
Rian Johnson’s clever, impressively shot film [features] outstanding work from [its] three leading actors.
05/18/09
an invaluable primer on love, life, and blowing things up
05/18/09
Techs are as expected for a globetrotting adventure yarn. It is too bad that the script was not up to the behind-the-camera work.
05/16/09
Here's the problem: Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody are not Paul Newman and Robert Redford. They'd like to be and the plot has undertones of 'The Sting.' But they aren't - and it isn't.
05/16/09
The Brothers Bloom is an intriguingly offbeat yarn that unfortunately unravels towards the end.
05/15/09
One question rings hollowly in the brain for the length this painfully twee romp: What hath Wes Anderson wrought?
05/15/09
A brilliant, refreshingly original comedy that's delightfully zany and inventive.
05/15/09
Bloom is filled with first-rate scams, refreshing whimsy and incredibly well-layered performances, yet it aims to be something greater than simply another drop in the con-man bucket.
05/15/09
Imagine Dirty Rotten Scoundrels filtered through the increas ingly hermetically sealed sensibility of Wes Anderson, and you've got Rian Johnson's disappointing The Brothers Bloom.
05/15/09
There's a tradition of cons in storytelling, yet not everyone can pull it off.
05/15/09
The unbridled energy and enthusiasm that Johnson and his cast are putting in would be better served by a story less rote, a con plot that at least pretends to be something new.
05/15/09
The "perfect" con job is the premise for this near-perfect con movie with a revelatory performance from Rachel Weisz.
05/15/09
Adventure and romance mix in bold, irreverent dramedy.
05/15/09
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