The Brothers Bloom

Rian Johnson, the writer/director of the Dashiell Hammett-inspired 2005 high school noir BRICK, proves he's not a flash in the pan with his new action-comedy-adventure, THE BROTHERS BLOOM (TBB) It's hard for me to sing this movie's praises without giving away... Full review

Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) are con artist brothers. They developed their "professions" from their painful history as often-shuffled foster kids, as they felt a need to turn the tables on the meanies who made their childhoods miserable. But,... Full review

The Brothers Bloom, dir. Rian Johnson-The film had some very good elements: -The visual look was terrific. I wasn't sure if it was a period piece or it was set in the late 2000's, because there was a definite lack of... Full review

Great and touching comedy that has probably the best performance by Rachel Weisz ever and that's a big thing to say considering the fact that she's great in pretty much everything she does. She simply steals this movie and grabs your... Full review

Rian Johnson has yet again come out of left field with another spectacular STORY driven movie charms as well as engages. In a summer full of sequels, prequels, and unoriginal ideas, PLEASE go support a director who is taking time to... Full review

Conning Linguists: The Brothers Bloom In a summer full of dumber than dumb spectacle, and subtext free action porn "The Brothers Bloom" is a breath of fresh air. With wit, warmth, and beautiful settings galore the film creates a delightfully wacky... Full review

Sweet con comedy that has so much charm and charisma that you will leave the theater overjoyed and wondering what you have really saw. Rian Johnson's shell game is a story is a attention grabber and boy does it grab you... Full review

The Brothers Bloom starts off with a bang of cinematic energy. We're introduced, by a kind of whimsical narrator not unlike one might have remembered from Pushing Daisies, to the brothers, Stephen and Bloom, as children in a town where everything... Full review

The Brothers Bloom starts off with a bang of cinematic energy. We're introduced, by a kind of whimsical narrator not unlike one might have remembered from Pushing Daisies, to the brothers, Stephen and Bloom, as children in a town where everything... Full review

OK comedy that goes a little too out there with its sense of humor. Don't think this is just a another con film because its not. Its more in the tradition of " A Fish Called Wanda" than "The Sting". The... Full review

The tone and storytelling are uneven, but the film is often clever....the characters are appealing in spite of the casting glitch.....The delightful Rachel Weisz lights up each of her scenes as Penelope, a bored, eccentric heiress (she's taught herself juggling, gymnastics and martial arts) who becomes the object of the brothers'.... ... Full Review

The tone and storytelling are uneven, but the film is often clever....the characters are appealing in spite of the casting glitch.....The delightful Rachel Weisz lights up each of her scenes as Penelope, a bored, eccentric heiress (she's taught herself juggling, gymnastics and martial arts) who becomes the object of the brothers'.... ... Full Review

But there's a wicked cinematic beauty to The Brothers Bloom :....The Brothers Bloom may be almost impossible to spoil -....But no such movie has found the criminals themselves aching with more yearning for a different life than The Brothers Bloom .....And that invests this deliciously clever, convention-busting flick with soul....all movies about attractive criminals appeal to the audience's desire to see what it's like to live an unconventional life..... ... Full Review

his performance is great fun to watch.....The jaunty, energetic first 10 minutes of The Brothers Bloom are easily the best first 10 minutes of any film I've seen this year.....Ruffalo reportedly had to be convinced he was the right actor for the role of Stephen Bloom, which requires a Clooney-esque rakishness -....With Brothers, Johnson has eased back considerably, combining his trademark energetic patter with moments of genuine pathos..... ... Full Review

Dancing between hysterical and whimsical, writer/director Johnson's script is both mischievous and playful, crackling with terrific repartee and wordplay....The performances are delightful, bubbling with charm and chemistry.....Convinced she's stumbled upon the adventure of a lifetime, Penelope is ignorant of the fact....Johnson's talent and distinct voice are obvious.....tries to break away, Penelope impulsively joins the brothers and their explosives-wielding Japanese side-kick Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi) o ... Full Review

After premiering at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Rian Johnson's The Brothers Bloom got bounced around like the red-headed stepchild on Summit's slate before landing a haphazard 200-screen release earlier this summer. ... Full Article

Clear your schedules tomorrow because The Brothers Bloom is hitting the rental shelves. Over at that brief and handy Internet world known as Twitter, director Rian Johnson tweeted the following : " The Brothers Bloom is available tomorrow for rental... ... Full Article

Watching Rachel Dawes bop about in both Christopher Nolan-helmed Batman flicks, it dawned on me that despite the man's filmmaking gifts, Nolan's completely clueless when it comes to piecing together female characters with more than a single dimension. ... Full Article

The mission, of course, is for ``everyone to get what everyone wants''. But before that there's the growing-up years of the executor of the plan Bloom, (Adrien Brody) and the man calling the shots, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) who run from... ... Full Article

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Blood: The Last Vampire is a new action film now playing at the Magnolia. Rarely does the genre make an appearance at the indie theaters but the ten... ... Full Article

Rian Johnson made his feature debut with the art-house sleeper Brick (2005), which transposed the hard-boiled dialogue and tangled mystery of a Dashiell Hammett novel to a suburban SoCal high school. ... Full Article