The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom is an eccentric piece of work and I struggle to find the right words to describe it. The titular brothers are the best con men in the world and have been perfecting their skills since childhood. The entire movie centers around these two con men and the cons they pull off, but I simply don’t know who will be conned by two people who dress like they were from a hundred years ago. In the opening sequence, when the brothers started their first con at tender ages of 10 and 13, they mesmerized all the kids with their far-fetched tales. I would love to find out where that town is. Because in most towns I know, the kids will make fun of their get-up, especially those goofy hats, and never give them time of the day. Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz are all find here, but they do not compensate for all the holes in the script. For a con movie, Brothers is quite predictable. Based on some dialogues early on in the movie, I correctly guessed that those dialogues would all come true later. I think the lesson I have learned from Brothers is that maybe I have seen too many movies and I am just a hard mark to con even though this movie has succeeded into conning many critics.