Synopsis
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
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Cast
- Rachel WeiszPenelope Stamp
- Adrien BrodyBloom
- Mark RuffaloStephen
- Rinko KikuchiBang Bang
- Robbie ColtraneCurator
- Maximilian SchellDiamond Dog
- Ricky JayNarrator (voice)
- Nora ZehetnerRose
- Zachary GordonYoung Bloom
- Max RecordsYoung Stephen
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Tribune
The jaunty, energetic first 10 minutes of The Brothers Bloom are easily the best first 10 minutes of any film I've seen this year. And while the succeeding hour and 43 minutes doesn't hold up to the movie's opening scenes, the whole endeavor is still an awfully good time. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
This time we expect to be played, but the twist is that we're also touched -- which, the film implies, is the cinema's own form of deception. - 70
Village Voice
Johnson has infused The Brothers Bloom with so much heart and beauty that one can and should easily overlook its discomfiting moments. The truth is, the film's even more profound and touching upon second viewing. - 67
The A.V. Club
Johnson sets viewers up for greatness, but ultimately offers much milder pleasures. The film isn’t an outright con, but it’s easy to feel a little misled by the end. - 63
Premiere
Weisz infuses comic complexity into the ensemble, which is at times genuinely funny. - 50
Chicago Reader
It often seems precious and overconceived, its accumulating crosses and double-crosses as devoid of consequence as a child's backyard game. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
A couple of rather Dickensian supporting roles by Robbie Coltrane and Maximilian Schell fall embarrassingly flat as they are more creations of costumes and makeup than actual flesh-and-blood. But then the same can be said for the entire movie. - 50
The New York Times
As much as you admire the stagecraft and the technical skills on display, when all is said and done, that's all it is: a fancy, not-quite-two-hour stunt.
