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THE
BROTHERS
BLOOM
With
Adrien
Brody,
Rachel
Weisz,
Mark
Ruffalo,
Robbie
Coltrane,
Maximilian
Schell,
Rinko
Kikuchi,
Ricky
Jay,
Zachary
Gordon
Written
&
Directed
by Rian
Johnson
When
a comedy
tries
too
hard
to be
quirky,
it becomes
far
too
evident
to the
audience
and
in effect
feels
pretentious.
That
is the
case
with
The
Brothers
Bloom.
The
brothers
in question
started
their
double-team
grifter
career
as young
kids,
scamming
anyone
and
everyone.
After
many
years
of pulling
their
meticulously
planned
jobs
across
the
planet,
a new
target
emerges
- a
young
heiress
with
very
little
concept
of monetary
value.
They
pull
her
into
a scam
together
with
their
silent
Eastern
side-kick,
but
this
time
round
one
of the
brothers
breaks
the
rule
of falling
for
the
girl...
This
leads
to conflict
and
deadly
danger
and
their
plans
start
to fall
apart
(on
top
of various
convoluted
double
crossing,
lies
and
half-truths).
Brody
and
Ruffalo
are
wonderful,
unique
actors,
but
this
was
one
movie
they
may
have
reconsidered.
Too
late
now!
2
/ C
- Paul
Blom
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