"The Brothers Bloom = Ocean’s 11 + The Royal Tenenbaums."

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fimoculous

charitini:

I don’t want anyone to get the impression that it’s as good as the Royal Tenenbaums, though, when it was clearly SO MUCH BETTER.

"In the end, “The Brothers Bloom” is as much about society’s need for a well-told story as it is about an emotional connection between its fictional characters. This sincerity is ultimately what lifts the picture above many of its predecessors."

— Scene Stealers’ Eric Melin

"Ten  years later, “The Brothers Bloom” will be the new Lebowski."

— Charitini, bringing the tumblr love.

BLOOM KRYPTONITE!

Hated “The Royal Tennenbaums?”  CHECK!

Is dismissive of 30s screwball comedy?  CHECK!

Calls the pleasures of magic shows and con man movies “fatuous”?  CHECK!

Ladies and gentlemen, THE BROTHERS BLOOM has found its kryptonite in the Christian Science Monitor’s Peter Rainer!

And he’s really wishing we would get off his lawn…

Big thanks to Jeff Goldsmith for a terrific q&a at our screening in Kansas City.

This is one of the very best film shows out there, if you’re not turned onto it yet I’m thrilled to do the turning.  This show includes a very thoughtful review by Adam and Matty, plus an interview and a top 5 con men movies.

"If it sounds precious, it could have been. Only Johnson is full of compassion for his characters. And Weisz is appealingly warm and disarmingly vivacious as Penelope. The Brothers Bloom is as fleet as Brick was deliberate."

— Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post

Ironically, this is probably the most sarcastic review I’ve yet read.

"

Seriously, I can not recommend this movie enough.*

*Translation: I won’t stop recommending it, so either get used to it, or go see it.

"

— Alexis Hyde, hydeordie

"The Brothers Bloom is one of the most original and entertaining movies to hit the screen in years."

— Rafer Guzman, Newsday

I feel so dirty…

"The courtship of Brody and Weisz feels vital, both first time and last chance in a very classical Hollywood sort of way. Each touchstone in their romance is alive with multiple possibilities; not in a gimmicky way, but in a way that mirrors everyday romantic paranoia."

— Karina Longworth, Spout.com

"…no such movie that I’ve ever seen has ached more with yearning on the part of the attractive criminals for a different life than the one they have than The Brothers Bloom does. And that invests this deliciously clever, convention-busting flick with more soul than you’d expect, because it’s not just a puzzle about plot — as most movies about con artists typically are — and not just a puzzle about movies — as few movies even dare to attempt: it’s a puzzle about personality and potential and perspective and people."

— MaryAnn Johanson, FlickFilosopher.com