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Mr. Brooks

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 34 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Crime | Drama | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Bruce A. Evans
Raynold Gideon
Directed by: Bruce A. Evans
Release Date:
Theatrical: June 1, 2007
DVD: October 23, 2007
Running Time: 120 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
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)
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What The Critics Said
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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Beneath its drab veil of self-seriousness, Mr. Brooks is nothing but just plain silly.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
The movie's not good, strictly speaking, but it is kind of fun.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Premiere Eric Alt
We'd really like to crawl into William Hurt's head and experience whatever movie he thought HE was making.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Mr. Brooks manages to be deeply loathsome -- no small feat for a film that's shallowly amateurish.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 60 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
R. Lopez gave it a10:
Mr. Brooks is a clique film, there's no surprise there. but those cliques end up turning into an original and shocking film that you just can't resist. Mr. Brooks delves into deep into the psychological aspect of Multiple Split Personality Disorder or MSPD for short. The films show a man battling with himself, trying to fight the urges to kill. But his other half has such control over him and his desires that Earl Brooks just can't help himself. Mr. Brooks works very well as a film. It tells a story that very few people can relate but most of us can understand, A man battling his inner demons. Trying to resist the urge to kill, trying but failing to break the habit; but the one big question you should be asking yourself is not why but how. How can a mild mannered businessman and father turn into such a monster? That's the big question, and here's the answer, we may never know. Or perhaps we are not meant to know. Mr. Brooks is an amazing film that blends mind blowing suspense and horror that will leave you looking over your shoulders for weeks. I very, very highly recommend this movie.
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.
