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Sweden released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Rian Johnson's globe-trotting caper comedy "The Brothers Bloom" is the movie equivalent of an elaborate juggling act whose performers keep dozens of pins wheeling in the air. 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. What you take away from this snazzy-looking fantasy about fraternal grifters embarking on a final con are its travel brochure-pretty pictures of colorful locales including Prague, St. Petersburg and Montenegro. Beyond that your response to the movie, which takes too conspicuous a delight in its own cleverness, is likely to be a shrug and a "so what?" Like those airborne pins, "The Brothers Bloom" never lands. ...The Brothers Bloom ( Penelope )
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By Jules
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Format:DVD
The Brothers Bloom, in the title are Stephen (Mark Ruffalo- Shutter Island) & younger brother Bloom (Adrien Brody- King Kong), who are orphans that have been conning people since they were young teens, and having been moved around allot to different adoptive parents due to their conning ways. So being the so called "best con men in the world", now both mid 30's, younger brother Bloom is tired of the lifestyle of cheating & conning people, so older brother Stephen knows he cannot change his mind, so comes up with one last big job. Swindle lonely millionairess Penelope (Rachel Weisz- The Mummy).
Overall the film plays out well, it's quite slow paced but livens up in places. The theme is a mixture of old & new world, as we see Weisz in a flashy modern day sports car, but then the majority of the film seems to take a step back in time, with the way the characters dress & the way they travel about in old steam boats & Orient Express style trains. Overlapping with great location backdrops. On the acting front, Brody, Ruffalo & Weisz were all great, espcially Weisz's eccentric approach which stole the show. The story itself was interesting, it did keep you guessing about who was conning who here. But in that respect, it also became the films downfall, in that it was frustrating in the way the film kept going around in circles, by unveiling some truth, then it turns out not to be that & over & over.... Read more ›
Overall the film plays out well, it's quite slow paced but livens up in places. The theme is a mixture of old & new world, as we see Weisz in a flashy modern day sports car, but then the majority of the film seems to take a step back in time, with the way the characters dress & the way they travel about in old steam boats & Orient Express style trains. Overlapping with great location backdrops. On the acting front, Brody, Ruffalo & Weisz were all great, espcially Weisz's eccentric approach which stole the show. The story itself was interesting, it did keep you guessing about who was conning who here. But in that respect, it also became the films downfall, in that it was frustrating in the way the film kept going around in circles, by unveiling some truth, then it turns out not to be that & over & over.... Read more ›
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By DVDfever
Format:Blu-ray
The Brothers Bloom begins when Stephen, 13, and Bloom, 10, went through a succession of foster families, getting chucked out one after another for a number of reasons such as "inappropriate behaviour", "sold our furniture", "caused flooding" and "molesting a cat".
Eventually, they learned a trade of sorts - hitting upon the art of the con, originally to get Bloom to talk a girl at his latest school, with Stephen putting together the con as a flow chart in 15 steps, helping themselves ingratiate with people with whatever tale they could spin that was believable. After the initial sequence with their original con, we fast-forward to the present day. MO< At this point, they've spent 25 years leading a string of elaborate cons and Bloom wants his life back - he wants to be himself and to stop pretending to be someone he isn't. He only manages a temporary escape, to Montenegro, but gets dragged back for one final con, posing as antiquities dealers and conning Penelope (Rachel Weisz), a young woman who lives in a mansion which her late parents owned.
There's a lot of very clever moments, such as when they arrange for Bloom to meet Penelope by having him ride his push bike into her sports car, except that she's so ditzy, after she screeches to a halt, she zooms off and ends up crashing down an embankment. While he's fine, she ends up unconscious in a hospital bed, but when she's out and they start chatting, she tells him she fills her time by collecting hobbies. She sees someone else doing something, learns how to do it from books and gets cracking. These include the piano, accordian, karate, skateboarding, juggling with chainsaws... yes, I didn't make that up.... Read more ›
Eventually, they learned a trade of sorts - hitting upon the art of the con, originally to get Bloom to talk a girl at his latest school, with Stephen putting together the con as a flow chart in 15 steps, helping themselves ingratiate with people with whatever tale they could spin that was believable. After the initial sequence with their original con, we fast-forward to the present day. MO< At this point, they've spent 25 years leading a string of elaborate cons and Bloom wants his life back - he wants to be himself and to stop pretending to be someone he isn't. He only manages a temporary escape, to Montenegro, but gets dragged back for one final con, posing as antiquities dealers and conning Penelope (Rachel Weisz), a young woman who lives in a mansion which her late parents owned.
There's a lot of very clever moments, such as when they arrange for Bloom to meet Penelope by having him ride his push bike into her sports car, except that she's so ditzy, after she screeches to a halt, she zooms off and ends up crashing down an embankment. While he's fine, she ends up unconscious in a hospital bed, but when she's out and they start chatting, she tells him she fills her time by collecting hobbies. She sees someone else doing something, learns how to do it from books and gets cracking. These include the piano, accordian, karate, skateboarding, juggling with chainsaws... yes, I didn't make that up.... Read more ›
By Sam
Format:Blu-ray
I love a good movie con caper and even put up with `Ocean's 11', so when I saw that the director of `Brick' and `Looper' had made a third lesser known film about a pair of con artists brothers I sought it out. `The Brothers Bloom' stars Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody as the titular siblings two; Stephen (Ruffalo) is the brash older brother king of the ideas, whilst Bloom (Brody) is the sensitive younger brother whose heart is key for the cons to work. Every time the brothers pull a con, Bloom feels like he needs to build a relationship with the victim and it is getting too much. Especially when they meet the eccentric, vulnerable and rich Penelope (Rachel Weisz) - can he avoid falling in love and pull off one final con?
Rian Johnson is one of a few auteurs plying their trade in Hollywood today. However, unlike someone like Tarantino, he is yet to fall into creating films in the exact same voice. There are similarities to Johnson's other two films in `Bloom', but I felt it had more in common with the whimsical work of Wes Anderson than `Brick' or `Looper'. `Bloom' is an offbeat and gentle comedy that doesn't really go anywhere and takes its time doing so. However, there is an effortless charm to the acting and the writing that makes the languid journey a joy to be on.
This combination of cast and prose is perfect; Brody and Ruffalo as the Blooms are great, pitching their performances perfectly to meet the written word. Weisz is also good, but is perhaps a little too kooky, narrowly avoiding making the film a twee experience. The issues in `Bloom' are mostly down to the pacing. I don't mind a slower film, but at times it crawls to a stop. At one point it almost feels as if the film concludes, only to start up again.... Read more ›
Rian Johnson is one of a few auteurs plying their trade in Hollywood today. However, unlike someone like Tarantino, he is yet to fall into creating films in the exact same voice. There are similarities to Johnson's other two films in `Bloom', but I felt it had more in common with the whimsical work of Wes Anderson than `Brick' or `Looper'. `Bloom' is an offbeat and gentle comedy that doesn't really go anywhere and takes its time doing so. However, there is an effortless charm to the acting and the writing that makes the languid journey a joy to be on.
This combination of cast and prose is perfect; Brody and Ruffalo as the Blooms are great, pitching their performances perfectly to meet the written word. Weisz is also good, but is perhaps a little too kooky, narrowly avoiding making the film a twee experience. The issues in `Bloom' are mostly down to the pacing. I don't mind a slower film, but at times it crawls to a stop. At one point it almost feels as if the film concludes, only to start up again.... Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 stars
disappointing
one of those films that the best parts are in the previews - not at all what we were led to expect so rather disappointing - although once you got into it it proved interesting
Published 3 months ago by Janey Howell
4.0 out of 5 stars
Almost perfect
"The Brothers Bloom" is a great film. It has humour, snappy dialogue, fun characters and a great storyline, with a classic film noir twist. Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. Ayres
4.0 out of 5 stars
Brothers Bloom
Had seen the film before, but it is quite a fascinating story. Although I didnt like the start of it I am glad I watched it and am quite happy to watch it again.
Published 15 months ago by Big B
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent
brilliant film, I only purchaed because I love racheal Wiesz as an actress, and I was certianly surprised on what a great little film this is. Excellent delivery as usual
Published 20 months ago by sv7
4.0 out of 5 stars
A under-rated quirky comedy with a superb cast.
"The brothers Bloom lit out on their own to make their fortune as gentleman thieves." Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo are the Bloom brothers, brilliant on-screen chemistry, and I... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Louise Roberts
4.0 out of 5 stars
I know that you knew that I knew that
It's never easy watching a con man movie. From the minute you sit down in front of it you are caught up in a battle of wits. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Christopher Long
1.0 out of 5 stars
One to miss
One film totally regretted buying, could watch all of film, had to turn off. Had to give one star to post this review otherwise it would have no stars.
Published on 11 April 2011 by Lorrie
1.0 out of 5 stars
Step 1 - Release Movie, Step 2 - Cash In On Goodwill, Step 3 - £££
The Brothers Bloom is a con movie. It knows all the clichés. It wants you to know that it knows all the clichés. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2010 by P. J. Potter
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great, great movie
The main characters in the movie are Bloom and Stephen; brothers and fellow con men. They start their career early as foster kids, being sent form one "home" to another. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2010 by M. Mæland
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Brothers Bloom review
Bloom (Adrien Brody) and Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) are con men. From a young age they've been on their own and had to care for each other, which often involves taking large sums of... Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2010 by Slacker Cinema
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