Belated Review: The Brothers Bloom
I wanted to like it this film, but in the end I didn't. This was a movie about a couple of con men, this time two brothers. One was the true master of the plan, while the other reluctantly carried it out with him. It starred Adrien Brody, Mark Rufalo and Rachel Weisz. My problem with the film was that the whole thing was a con. There were no moments of revelation - not even at the end - no moment of reality, though they seemed to tease us with it from time to time. Also, my biggest gripe about the movie was the sloppy feel of it. There were at least two situations in the film that were never resolved, and writer/director admitted to us at the screening that he felt he didn't need to resolve it. He said that the audience could figure it out on their own. I disagreed with him on that. While I don't mind that concept, not everything can be imagined by the audience. I like films that make you think and leave things to the imagination, but this one felt a bit lazy....