Starring: Kevin Costner, William Hurt, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, Matt Schulze
Directed by: Bruce Evans
From Seattle Pi:
“Mr. Brooks” is a delightfully twisted and intelligent movie, and writer/director Bruce Evans deserves lots of kudos for creating such an impressive, engrossing murder story. The casting choices were extremely odd, but somehow they worked very well together. Costner played the dual-life role with prowess and Moore was fearless and cunning as Detective Tracy Atwood.
Hurt was entertaining as Brooks’ alter ego, but the monotone delivery of all his lines did get annoying after a while. Mr. Brooks’ wife Emma (Marg Helgenberger of “CSI” fame) didn’t have much involvement in the movie, but to me it was a bit distracting to see her there because it’s hard not to think of “CSI” when she’s onscreen. The wonderfully intricate plot has many twists and turns, as well as a wham-bam ending that’ll get your adrenaline pumping.
What’s even better is all the excellent usage of misdirection… the director leads you to believe one thing and then blindsides you like a Mack truck with the truth. It kept me guessing the whole movie and most of the time I guessed wrong. My last critique is that “Mr. Brooks” was a little on the long side. It’s only two hours long, but there are some slow parts towards the middle of the movie that really dragged a bit. But overall, “Mr. Brooks” is an excellently crafted and wickedly engrossing movie. Well done!
Another smash hit from Kevin Costner. I am not really into movies like this because I hate being misled. You know, the feeling that you thought you are figuring something out when in fact the truth is just right behind you, waiting for the opportune time to hit you hard. Even so, I think I am going to see this film when I’m bored with life and have nothing else to do.
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