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By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 29 Jul 2012

The Brothers Bloom is quirky and clever. Set in the present but with a perfectly judged retro feel, it looks fabulous too…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 11 Feb 2012

The old carnival phrase Close, but no cigar comes to mind when watching The Brothers Bloom , a globetrotting heist film that starts off terrifically…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 11 Jan 2012

The leads aren't only miscast -- Brody over-mopes and the usually wonderful Ruffalo seems out of sorts as a rascally schemer -- but interest…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 May 2011

The Brothers Bloom is much more interested in showing off its own smarts, such as they are, than in challenging the audience's…

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By Matthew Pejkovic (770) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 05 Jul 2010

Sure, The Brothers Bloom may be the headline act, but it is the sisters eccentric that make the film…

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By Alastair Mckay (13) for Uncut Magazine [UK] (201) on 15 Jun 2010

The Brothers Bloom is inventive, but its relentless cleverness limits its emotional pull…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for News of the World (402) on 08 Jun 2010

If Wes Anderson and Terry Gilliam ever had a child, science would be amazed and appalled. But also, it would probably end up making a film like this…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 06 Jun 2010

A globe-trotting con game adventure that has a degree of charm but also displays the exasperating indulgence of an ambitious auteur project…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 06 Jun 2010

Johnson's script and directing style suffocates the duo with too many cookie-cutter indie movie quirks, making it all too easy to spot the…

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By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 03 Jun 2010

It's one of those films whose fun set-up is terrific, only to be offset by the muddled plot. Still, there are some decent laughs amid the mess…

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By Adam Woodward (285) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 03 Jun 2010

Sharp, funny and stylish, but still, something doesn't quite fit…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 02 Jun 2010

It lags a touch towards the end and it's ultra quirky, but the artifice doesn't rob the finale of emotion. In fact, it delivers unexpected rewards…

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By Kim Newman (791) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 01 Jun 2010

Perhaps you can be too cool for school and too clever for a multiplex, but if you're willing to go along with this, you'll enjoy being fooled…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 03 Mar 2010

Like Anderson, Johnson has a fine eye for color, great taste in music, and a knack for painterly compositions, but the world he creates is…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 19 Jan 2010

Even after the plot has left you behind, you still watch The Brothers Bloom with a smile, because the actors are so engaging…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seanax.com (387) on 13 Jan 2010

It's a charming fantasy of a con movie that is less interested in the well played con than the colorfully executed idea of a con, among other things…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Washington Post (9,851) on 10 Jan 2010

The Brothers Bloom is all about exploding forms, tropes and archetypes…

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By Giles Hardie (120) for Unknown2 (29) on 15 Nov 2009

A tale full of heart, heroism and old school fun, that with the addition of just a few witty zingers could have been one of the great films…

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By Jason Di Rosso (253) for MovieTime, ABC Radio National (314) on 12 Nov 2009

It's the kind of wry, picturesque fable that recalls the work of Hal Ashby, with the difference that the late, great master had the red blood…

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By Lynden Barber (66) for sbs.com.au (697) on 12 Nov 2009

The film is stuffed with visual gags, only some of which hit the spot. When Weisz is on screen even the more contrived of these seem forgivable…

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