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Mr. Brooks
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7.4

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MPAA RATING: R for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, nudity and language

Starring Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, William Hurt, Marg Helgenberger, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Danielle Panabaker, and Aisha Hinds

Consider Mr. Brooks. A successful businessman. A generous philanthropist. A loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret -- he is also the notorious Thumbprint Killer and no one has ever suspected it -- until now. (MGM)

GENRE(S):	Crime \| Drama \| Suspense/Thriller
WRITTEN BY:	Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon
DIRECTED BY:	Bruce A. Evans
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: October 23, 2007 Theatrical: June 1, 2007
RUNNING TIME:	120 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

ReelViews James Berardinelli

A curious mix of the campy and the intelligent, of high concept and low psychology. In spite of these contradictions, or perhaps because of them, it works. This is a tense and engaging thriller.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Watching Kevin Costner and William Hurt share grim laughs during Bruce Evans' Mr. Brooks is one of the pleasures of this totally absurd and equally entertaining psychological thriller.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

The appeal of Mr. Brooks is as obvious as it is hard to resist: Kevin Costner as a serial killer.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Entertainingly creepy.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Listen to me: trash can surprise you. So don't get all elitist about the so-called cheap thrills in Mr. Brooks.

The New Yorker David Denby

So well made, and so compelling as a portrait of a man at war with himself, that, right up until the end, many people will probably be entertained by its intricately preposterous story.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

You may enjoy this complex, psychologically daring and visually stylish noir, which has been put together by director Bruce Evans ("Kuffs") with few dull moments and virtually none of the black humor you might expect from the premise.

Boston Globe Ty Burr

A fertile example of the Studio Film Gone Berserk, where too many characters and too many story lines geometrically progress until a level of blissful absurdity is reached.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

What compels then isn't the overwrought plot, but the simpler things, the dynamics between the actors, the avuncularity between old pros Costner and Hurt and the class condescension between Costner and Cook. It has a fascinatin' rhythm.

Variety John Anderson

Mr. Brooks is most effective when it's dealing with Earl and his conscience. Hurt and Costner are terrific together as two sides of the same personality and, again, the casting is what it's all about.

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

One dramatic ploy that doesn't work is the casting of Demi Moore as Tracy Edward, a homicide detective intent on capturing the Thumbprint Killer. Moore gave a rare good performance as the washed up diva in "Bobby," but her stridency here is grating.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Sadly, only Hurt seems to recognize that the only way to make this material work is to play it with lunatic enthusiasm instead of grave seriousness.

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

cleverly conceived and professionally executed and to hell with that. It's a serial killer movie in the dime-a-dozen era of serial killer movies, with the selling point being that the murderer is played by a movie star. This way you'll like the guy.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Mr. Brooks begins promisingly, but it grows steadily more preposterous as it goes along, becoming the first feel-good serial-killer movie.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

The kind of movie that rockets so far beyond the line of credibility and so deeply into the realm of utter stupidity, you start to wonder if the filmmakers aren't putting you on.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Beneath its drab veil of self-seriousness, Mr. Brooks is nothing but just plain silly.

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

Costner succumbs to terminal self-seriousness when he makes a movie of his own either as the director or, in this case, a producer.

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

The movie's not good, strictly speaking, but it is kind of fun.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

This is one of those slick, violent, ridiculous Hollywood jobs that make little sense as a story, a comment on life, or a depiction of characters, but are moderately enjoyable in their spinning of movie conventions. There's even a good De Palma-style fake shock ending.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Coincidences and plot contrivances pile up. What starts out as a delightful black comedy and social commentary ends up, at best, as a guilty pleasure where I had a hard time sorting out the intentional from the unintentional laughs.

Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar

What this movie needed was a leaner narrative focusing on Earl and Marshall while keeping Moore’s character in the background. What we end up with is a goofy and occasionally enjoyable mix of horror, comedy, and action that can’t entirely shed its excess narrative flab.

Newsweek David Ansen

The movie becomes a crazy quilt of competing stories, none of them properly developed. You could cut half the major characters out of Mr. Brooks and never miss them.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

By the time the police come knocking at the front door, Mr. Brooks has exploded from its mild-mannered start into full guignol mode, and would take a defter filmmaker than Evans to steer the tonal shift.

New York Magazine David Edelstein

If the movie were just these two (Costner/Hurt), bopping around arguing and offing people, it would have been better than the unholy mess it turns into.

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

The film feels sleazy and nasty --- but without the pulp kick of filmmakers who know how to do sleazy and nasty.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Evans and Gideon never really succeed in selling the idea that serial killing is a disease -- which would require a degree of realism that the slick, over-plotted Mr. Brooks doesn't otherwise aspire to. They seem to be content with occupying the audience with a series of twists and jolts.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

A werewolf movie masquerading as a thriller, it looks like a canny attempt by Bruce A. Evans, its director and screenwriter (with Raynold Gideon), to establish a "Saw"-like franchise using the names of fading ’80s stars to lend the project a semblance of respectability.

USA Today Claudia Puig

Far-fetched, flimsy and uninvolving.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

There's no meat on this film's borrowed bones: They're polished to an exquisitely tasteful shine, but efforts to class up exploitation are pointless.

Premiere Eric Alt

We'd really like to crawl into William Hurt's head and experience whatever movie he thought HE was making.

Village Voice Robert Wilonsky

Bloody disappointing.

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

Monumentally terrible but far too bizarre to be boring.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen

If plots were people, this obese thing would be cuing up for liposuction. Mr. Brooks may well boast the greediest yarn in the annals of filmdom. One serial killer just doesn't cut it – no fewer than four, actual and potential, pack these frames.

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

Mr. Brooks manages to be deeply loathsome -- no small feat for a film that's shallowly amateurish.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 54 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Mike P. gave it a9:
ABSOLUTELY amazing movie... well done in every sense of the word... the acting is terrific.

Peter J. gave it a9:
Excellent movie. While I generally agree with the critics, they got this film all wrong! Great movie!

Todd gave it an8:
Really enjoyed the film. Had some interesting twists and turns.

Zera P. gave it a10:
Truly disturbing because of how well you can relate to the protagonist without being insane.

Bruce gave it a7:
A movie with Kevin Costner that's actually good?!? Both Costner and William Hurt play a serial killer and, surprisingly, Costner puts in a decent acting job. Now, on the other hand, Demi Moore is in this movie also, and her performance leaves a lot to be desired. I swear, she's had so many facelifts she can't make any facial expressions! The ending is a bit different too, not your usual happy Hollywood ending...

Max K gave it a10:
Best movie I've seen in years, worth much more than a 45.

Jen K. gave it a9:
I thought this was one of the best thrillers I've seen in a long time. Most definately the best performance Kevin Coster has ever done.

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