Mr. Brooks

Name: Mr. Brooks
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: June 1, 2007
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Demi Moore, Kevin Costner, William Hurt

2007

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Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: June 1, 2007 | R

Starring: Demi Moore, Kevin Costner, William Hurt

Summary: 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)

Director: Bruce A. Evans

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 120 min

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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

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

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

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

Stephanie Zacharek

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

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

Joe Morgenstern

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

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Apr 7, 2021

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Apr 6, 2021

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EricS.

Jun 3, 2007

So much fun...William Hurt is amazing. A very twisted flim, yet I laughed a lot...great thrill ride.

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MikeP.

Feb 20, 2008

ABSOLUTELY amazing movie... well done in every sense of the word... the acting is terrific.

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PeteC.

Oct 26, 2007

Absolutely entertaining...something different and fascinating...fast paced and well acted.

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AuntJemima

Jun 5, 2007

The worst movie I've seen this summer. Even worse than Shrek the Third. Dane Cook thinks all it takes to be a dramatic actor is to gain 40 pounds, shave your head and grow a beard. It may work for Tom Hanks but Cook is better off screaming into a microphone and doing DVD signings at The worst movie I've seen this summer. Even worse than Shrek the Third. Dane Cook thinks all it takes to be a dramatic actor is to gain 40 pounds, shave your head and grow a beard. It may work for Tom Hanks but Cook is better off screaming into a microphone and doing DVD signings at your local Wal-Mart.… Expand

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