Review of The Brothers Bloom (2008) by Derek H — 08 Jul 2011

I recently heard that japanese actress rinko kikuchi had been cast in guillermo del toro's upcoming film 'pacific rim'. her name sounded familiar, and I discovered that it was because i'd seen and liked her performance in 2006's 'babel'.

so I decided to check out this other film she's in, 'the brothers bloom'. the tale of con-artist brothers has many delightfully quirky moments. unfortunately it has even more awkward, cringey moments.

so I found myself liking the film, disliking it, liking it again, disliking it again (etc) in very quick succession... for pretty much the entire running time. if it had settled on taking itself less seriously, I would've enjoyed it much more.

kikuchi's ultra-quirky, almost silent, role is a delight tho!