The Brothers Bloom (Penelope) (2008)

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6.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Rian Johnson

Starring (View all)

Rachel Weisz
Penelope

Adrien Brody
Bloom

Mark Ruffalo
Stephen

Rinko Kikuchi
Bang Bang

Robbie Coltrane
Curator

Maximilian Schell
Diamond Dog

Ricky Jay
Narrator

Zachary Gordon
Young Bloom

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Rian Johnson
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The Brothers Bloom

15 years, 1 month ago at Sep 13 20:12

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1 vote

The Brother Bloom is one thing and one thing only: a very fun film. It’s not perfect, but you can tell from every performance in the film that they were having a good time. And it’s really the performances that make the film. Rachel Wiesz’s delivery of “I think you’re constipated in your fucking soul” is a classic piece of comedic timing. If you’re not laughing to the point of tears ... read more

The Brothers Bloom

14 years, 1 month ago at Sep 7 2:21

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The Brothers Bloom starts out as what looks like it's on its way to being a fun and witty film with many an intelligent twist and turn. Around its halfway point, though, the movie basically runs out of steam: it stops being an interesting tale about cons and about figuring out who's lying and who's telling the truth, and it simply gets tangled up in all the zigzagging that the plot does before it ... read more

A good movie

11 years, 2 months ago at Jul 25 9:44

johanlefourbe

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Rian Johnson must be one of the must intriguing directors at work nowadays. I mean, check his first three movies : ‘Brick’, ‘The Brothers Bloom’ and ‘Looper’. They are all wildly different in genre and style and I really wonder what he will do next. Still, pretty much like ‘Brick’, even though I did like his 2nd directing effort, I wasn’t completely blown away by the whole thing ... read more

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Description: Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Academy Award winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Mark Ruffalo (Zodiac), and Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) star in The Brothers Bloom, a globe-trotting comedy about the last great adventure of the world’s best con men. Welcome to the world of The Brothers Bloom, where deception is an art and nothing is as it seems. The brothers have perfected the art of swindling fortunes through years of fraternal teamwork. Now they’ve decided to take on one last spectacular job—luring a beautiful and eccentric heiress into an elaborate plot that takes them around the Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Academy Award winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Mark Ruffalo (Zodiac), and Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) star in The Brothers Bloom, a globe-trotting comedy about the last great adventure of the world’s best con men. Welcome to the world of The Brothers Bloom, where deception is an art and nothing is as it seems. The brothers have perfected the art of swindling fortunes through years of fraternal teamwork. Now they’ve decided to take on one last spectacular job—luring a beautiful and eccentric heiress into an elaborate plot that takes them around the world. For as long as they can remember, the Brothers Bloom have had only each other to depend on. 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. Stephen brilliantly concocts intricate stories that the brothers live out, but he’s still searching for the perfect con, the one where “everyone gets what they want.” Meanwhile, Bloom yearns for “an unwritten life”—a real adventure, one not dreamed up by his old brother. Eager to retire, Bloom agrees to take part in one last grand scam. He insinuates himself into the life of Penelope (Rachel Wiesz), a bored, single New Jersey heiress. When a genuine romance begins to blossom between them, he is reluctant to exploit her naiveté, but Penelope has already taken the bait: She impulsively joins Bloom, Stephen and their “associate,” a sexy Japanese explosives expert named Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), on an ocean liner to Greece. Penelope is convinced she’s happened upon the adventure of a lifetime and offers to bankroll a million dollar deal. As the quartet makes their way from Athens to Prague to Mexico to St. Petersburg, Penelope quickly becomes addicted to the illicit thrills. But as Stephen’s elaborate web of deceit pulls tighter, Bloom begins to wonder if his brother has devised the most dangerous con of his life. ... (more)

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" DVD- 1hr. 53min. First Viewing While The Brothers Bloom is pretty solid escapism, it's also needlessly grim and narratively jumbled. The cast is very good with Brody, Ruffalo, Kikuchi and Weisz doing excellent work, and Johnson's script is often quite clever, it's just a bit sloppy and tonally ajar. Had there been a tighter story, this could've been something really wonderful; as is, it's an entertaining diversion. "

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