Review: The Brothers Bloom
This quirky little caper movie
hits an interesting medium between a dramedy between two brothers and
an Oceans 11 outting with a few twists.
No one put forth a ground-breaking performance here, but Rachel Weisz was just as captivating and charming as ever as a society shut-in who learns dozens of skills and disciplines just to amuse herself. She throws herself whole-heartedly into her roles and it shows.
Plus, Rinko Kikuchi was a trip as the silent Bang Bang, the demolitions expert the Brothers Bloom rely on during their schemes.
As a result, both Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody were outshone by their female co-stars but still did respectable jobs depicting the conflict between their own characters. Ruffalo's character is too reserved to be likable. Maybe a little more earnestness would have made his God complex a little more sympathetic, but Ruffalo's performance came across as distant and clueless to fit into the journey Adrien's Brody's character was on. Then again, maybe Stephen was meant to be just a hurdle on Bloom's journey, but I could have done without any words after the climax.
The final lines of the movie seemed tacked on, but didn't hinder my enjoyment of the rest of this cute caper movie. There are more laughs and tears in this movie than I'm mentioning but you should see it yourself to find out.
Rating (1-5): 4 Bang Bangs out of 5
No one put forth a ground-breaking performance here, but Rachel Weisz was just as captivating and charming as ever as a society shut-in who learns dozens of skills and disciplines just to amuse herself. She throws herself whole-heartedly into her roles and it shows.
Plus, Rinko Kikuchi was a trip as the silent Bang Bang, the demolitions expert the Brothers Bloom rely on during their schemes.
As a result, both Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody were outshone by their female co-stars but still did respectable jobs depicting the conflict between their own characters. Ruffalo's character is too reserved to be likable. Maybe a little more earnestness would have made his God complex a little more sympathetic, but Ruffalo's performance came across as distant and clueless to fit into the journey Adrien's Brody's character was on. Then again, maybe Stephen was meant to be just a hurdle on Bloom's journey, but I could have done without any words after the climax.
The final lines of the movie seemed tacked on, but didn't hinder my enjoyment of the rest of this cute caper movie. There are more laughs and tears in this movie than I'm mentioning but you should see it yourself to find out.
Rating (1-5): 4 Bang Bangs out of 5
