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A con man love story by the people who made Brick.
We shot the movie in Serbia, Montenegro, Romania and Prague. It stars Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie Coltrane, Maximillian Schell, a one-legged cat and one drunk camel. In theaters May 15th in New York and LA, and May 29th everywhere.
This blog is written and maintained by the writer/director, aka Rian Johnson, aka me, and all opinions expressed herein are mine and not the studio or distributor's. You can learn more, make friends and maybe even win a pony at my forum.
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"The Brothers Bloom rewards multiple viewings because the characters are constantly operating on multiple levels—what the plan is, how they expect it to play out, what they actually want to happen, etc. Repeat viewings, with more knowledge of motivations, provides new, emotionally fascinating insights. This film is packed with charm and humor, yes, but its success lies in its love for its characters."
— Jeremy Mathews from DVD Talk reviews the Brothers Bloom disc (available now!)
At long last, The Brothers Bloom is available for purchase in the states on DVD and Blu. Spread the word!
Ion cinema’s Gino Pagliuca named our homespun Bloom poster #2 of 2009!
It was designed and drawn by my cousin Zach Johnson, and you can download a full rez printable version of it by going here and clicking “WATCH.”
Oh hey looky here - Bloom makes Jack Giroux’s top 15 of the year for TheFilmStage.com!
I don’t want to give anything away, but you should listen to the /Filmcast’s top 10 of 2009 podcast. Especially David Chen’s list. Especially the end of it, where he talks about his #1 of the year. Not to give anything away.
"…I love The Brothers Bloom. It’s as if Wes Anderson and David Mamet had a baby and that baby was adopted and breastfed by Steven Soderbergh and then allowed to live with Rian Johnson for the summer."
— CHUD.com’s Nick Nunziata puts Bloom in his Top 15 of 2009!
"Interior, day. Con man Bloom (Adrien Brody) sits at the foot of a bed next to his mark, heiress Penelope Stamp (Rachel Weisz). But he’s not here for her millions, not any more. He’s fallen in love. They’re talking, and then suddenly they’re just looking at each other. He’s going to kiss her. She wants him to. But as he leans in, he pauses, and the look he gives her in that pause is sexier than anything else in a movie all year."
— The Globe & Mail’s Johanna Schneller, Counting Bloom and Penelope’s kiss among Film’s Best Moments of 2009
"My favorite line in Rian Johnson’s crafty crime caper, The Brothers Bloom, comes early on when a young girl eager to fall hook, line and sinker for the yarn being spun before her turns on a skeptic and says, “Shut up, Dave.” Those three words speak to the role that storytelling plays in our lives, its unique capacity for making lives better if only we will it to do so. In a genre often regarded more for its detached sense of cool above any real sense of character, it’s strange to see a con man movie be this funny and warm-hearted, refreshingly un-cynical in its inevitable effort to trick the audience as much as its characters. For these two hours, all the Daves of the world can go stuff it."
— Sir William Goss, ranking Bloom #7 on his well chosen 10 best of the year at efilmcritic.com.
"Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo y Rachel Weisz están fantásticos en esta cinta que representa la epítome de lo que para mí el cine debe hacer: entretener."
— Ivan Morales, from his top 10 (Bloom made number 3!) in Cine Premiere Magazine
"Following the parallel of con artistry and storytelling Johnson sets up in his film, The Brothers Bloom is the best con job ever because I got exactly what I wanted: a film that’s not only the year’s best, but one I’ll treasure for years and years to come."
— Collider’s Matt Goldberg places Bloom atop his top 10 of 2009!
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Happy holidays, y’all.
This is an early piano sketch of Nathan’s for Bloom, played by the lovely and talented China Kent.
Thanks to everyone who has tweeted/emailed/shouted to us about seeing our movie over the past few months. And a happy reminder: on January 12th the DVD and Blu-ray will finally be available for purchase. And for our friends in the UK, Bloom will have a theatrical release in May.
Have a happy and safe New Year.
