The Brothers Bloom

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Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, Robbie Coltrane.
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom hits his mid-thirties, he wants to quit the business. Stephen talks him into one last con. The mark is the eccentric, lonely but beautiful New Jersey heiress, Penelope Stamp. As the brothers go through their final con on Penelope, three main problems may occur to thwart the plan. First, the brothers' former mentor and now arch enemy, Diamond Dog, may exact his long awaited revenge; second, Penelope may end up being more unpredictable than all their former marks; and third, Bloom, who has let love slip by in his life, may fall for Penelope. But through the process, no one ever really knows who is conning who.
DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital stereo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Not my style submitted by ingahuff on March 7, 2010, 12:40pm I gave up after 25 minutes. The dark humor didn't work for me. The timing was off and forced. I was quite certain that if I continued, I would be annoyed at myself that I wasted yet another 88 minutes of my life. No wonder I hadn't heard of this film. It is not worth you time.

Favorite submitted by ssands on August 20, 2014, 9:06pm This is tied for my favorite movie with "Delicatessen." I saw it twice in the theaters within a week when it came out, which I have never done before or since for any other movie.

Very funny at all kinds of levels from the slapstick to the literary and very sad if you let yourself think about it. The watcher continually is guessing about who is conning whom. It reminds me of "The Usual Suspects" in the way that you have to rethink everything in the film from a different point of view after you've seen the whole thing. Also, filled with references to "Ulysses" --in the context of a heist film!