Review of Motherless Brooklyn (2019) by Jluis_001 — 01 Dec 2019

Almost 20 years later Edward Norton decides to go back to the director's chair and this time making the adaptation of a famous criminal novel that he loves.

Did things go well? Yes and no.

I have the understanding that he changed the decadeAlmost 20 years later Edward Norton decides to go back to the director's chair and this time making the adaptation of a famous criminal novel that he loves.

Did things go well? Yes and no.

I have the understanding that he changed the decade in which the events of the book take place, because the story of the book occurs in the 90's and the film is located in the 50's.

I can't argue if it was a good change because I haven't read the book but it works in the film.

However, the problems begin when it's clear that Norton is not an experienced director and the slow pace ends up playing against him and it's not that the quality decreases, is just that stops feeling so interesting. You should definitely have patience.

In addition, the mystery is too tangled and with almost two and a half hours of duration; Motherless Brooklyn is a film that feels a bit excessive. Although that's not entirely Norton's fault but of the script as well.

Norton fulfills in a basic way as a director but his best work is as an actor and in his own film he shows it and also the rest of the cast. They are who manage to hook you and if it had been otherwise I think this would have been a great failure but things went fine and in general it's not a bad film.

Considering how perfectionist Norton considers himself, I don't know if he can say that he achieved the film he dreamed but at least he did it well enough.