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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 01 Nov 2019

Yet it’s rare that we get a movie this municipally minded and Chinatown-ish, and Norton invents new elements with a free hand, including…

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By Jerome_Kirby (2) on 01 Nov 2019

Don't look at all those ratings. Those are the bots who try to undermine the film's quality…

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By Hudsodocl (2) on 01 Nov 2019

I fell asleep thankfully 30 minutes in hoping I wouldn't be forced to waste any more of my life on this 144 minute bore fest- however, I woke…

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By Ufodsfcs (2) on 01 Nov 2019

Starts off really slow but picks up by the end. It's 2 hours and 25 minutes long so be prepared for that…

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By Filmreactiview (11) on 01 Nov 2019

Audience REACTIONS at its International PREMIERE…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 01 Nov 2019

Motherless Brooklyn has all the markers of a good Oscar-season movie: a talented cast, worthy source material, a script loaded with complex…

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By Alan Ng (404) for Film Threat (5,156) on 31 Oct 2019

I haven’t seen a crime thriller this good since L.A. Confidential…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 31 Oct 2019

Motherless Brooklyn isn’t in the same league as obvious influences such as “The Maltese Falcon” and “Chinatown,” but it’s an effective…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 31 Oct 2019

This is a solid and enjoyable mystery flick, but through all the twists, turns, tics and twitches Motherless Brooklyn works hard to impart…

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By Kerry Lengel (223) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 31 Oct 2019

Even if the big thematic statements are less than subtle, the story is solid and thought-provoking, and the performances are just stylized…

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By Chris Tilly (98) for IGN (1,013) on 31 Oct 2019

The period setting is sumptuous, and Edward Norton brings true humanity to the role of Lionel Essrog…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 31 Oct 2019

Motherless Brooklyn is done well enough that you wish it had struck out on its own path, rather than crib from Robert Towne and Roman Polanski…

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By Johanna Schneller (84) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 31 Oct 2019

What should have been the trickiest parts of this enterprise – elucidating the warm relationship between Essrog (Norton) and Minna (Bruce…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 31 Oct 2019

The most surprising thing about director/writer/star Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn is how drastically it departs from its source…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 31 Oct 2019

The high-mindedness of the movie, its showy conviction that its heart is in the right place, dulls some of its political insights…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 31 Oct 2019

Motherless Brooklyn is the kind of knotty, ambitious, character-rich, politically conscious entertainment the studios so rarely get behind…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 31 Oct 2019

Motherless Brooklyn is lovely to look at — the cast, in addition to their acting talents, all look great in ’50s styles — and I enjoyed…

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By Luke Parker (63) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 31 Oct 2019

Edward Norton mines political relevance in some areas of noir-drenched New York and completely ignores it in others…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 30 Oct 2019

It’s Norton’s own performance that brings emotional connection to Motherless Brooklyn…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 30 Oct 2019

Norton does a humanizing job of explaining Lionel’s unusual brain (he’s got a near-perfect memory) and defusing his outbursts with self-deprecation…

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