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  • The Brothers Bloom
  • Opened May 15, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 49 min.
  • PG-13
    violence, some sensuality and brief strong language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. Read More
  • From their childhood in a long series of gloomy foster homes to their highflying lives as international con artists, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have shared everything. Bloom yearns for “an unwritten life”—a real adventure, one Read More
  • Cast: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell
  • Director: Rian Johnson
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Romance

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The Brothers Bloom Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    Storytelling at its best

    by illogical hawk

    A beautiful and whimsical tale for anyone and everyone looking for a summer treat. On the surface it's an easy going film about life and love, taking us to exotic places around the world to meet equally colorful characters. The dialogue is well written, and the overall narrative flows quite nicely throughout. What surprised me was how funny the film was, and by the end of it, how poignant it had become.

    What a lot of people seem to be missing is that the film also has a lot of substance underneath all of the enjoyable fluff. It seems to be going over a lot of people's heads that this is a movie ABOUT film narrative and story telling. It's a light theme in the film's surface, but it's also an expertly crafted mechanic that is both reflexive and at work on the audience.

    I saw this at the Cleveland Film Festival, and I can't wait to see it again once it opens nationwide. It's great for friends, families, or even film buffs looking for some meat in the normally thin summer time.

  • Must Go!

    The Brothers Bloom is Great

    by makeupgirl27

    I loved the movie,thought it was funny and quirky. Love the actors in it,Adrien Brody is terrific ,as always a favorite,Mark Ruffalo is very good too as his brother.. Rachael Weitz is hysterical as an eccentric millionaire doing crazy things. All in All I liked the movie very much.

  • Must Go!

    A great con-man story...

    by movies-4-me

    The second film from writer/director Rian Johnson (BRICK) is a fun little story about two brothers, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody), who grow up to become con-men after a childhood of misery and ill-fortune. The mark that they try to take in this particular story is Penelope, played wonderfully by Rachel Weisz (The Fountain and The Constant Gardener), who just happens to be a millionaire heiress who has spent her life in seclusion "collecting hobbies". She masterfully shows off her skills at playing the piano, violin, accordion, banjo, skateboarding and juggling...chainsaws.

    Johnson provides us with a stylized storytelling structure that always keeps us guessing and completely enthralled in what's happening onscreen. All of the performers - particularly Bang Bang, played by RInko Kikuchi, who only says three words in the entire movie, but steals the show completely - are so engaging that you never know who the bad guy is, but in the end you're cheering for them all.

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  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The Brothers Bloom has it all: charming romance, jaunty adventure story, witty...

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    This time we expect to be played, but the twist is that we're also touched --...

  • 70
    Washington Post |

    The Brothers Bloom is all about exploding forms, tropes and archetypes. But...

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This movie is lively at times, it's lovely to look at, and the actors are...

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