The Brothers Bloom

PG-13

Released May 29, 2009

1 hr. 49 min.

Comedy

Drama

Adventure

Romance

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68%

157 Reviews

Tomatometer

64%

50,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Twenty-five years of swindling people are too much for Bloom (Adrien Brody) and he wants out of the business. His brother, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo), convinces him to work on one final hustle, targeting an eccentric East Coast heiress named Penelope (Rachel Weisz). The con game fails to play out as planned when Bloom falls in love with the irresistible woman.

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Critics Consensus

Despite strong performances The Brothers Bloom ultimately does not fulfill its lofty ambitions.

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Loren H

If you can completely suspend belief, you may like the film for its offbeat humor and vibe. However the script is a total mess of careless holes and convenient impossibilities. It quickly left me annoyed at being more clumsily manipulated as an audience member than the "mark" in the film. The annoyance merely built over the long course of the films descent into ever more contrived nonsensical scenarios.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/23/24

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Steve D

I didn't find it remotely amusing.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/07/23

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Tim S

The Brothers Bloom is enchanting. The writing is exceptional, performances are whimsical, soundtrack is a stunner, Weisz & Brody have legitimate chemistry, and the big twist actually works. It's a great film that doesn't get nearly enough credit.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/20/23

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jim d

Johnsons weakest effort to date is still worth it as lighthearted fluff, though it never reaches the depth of his better movies.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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slick j

This movie has a little bit of everything. Romance, comedy, drama, and a plot twist. Rachel Weis is also in her best form. Great one!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/02/22

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Audience Member

I did really like this movie but there was something I can’t pin point that kept it from going over the hump into great 3.4. To be honest I really didn’t know what was happening half the movie

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/21

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Rian Johnson

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Penelope

Adrien Brody

Bloom

Mark Ruffalo

Stephen

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

Pretty, well acted and amusing, if ultimately superficial.

Aug 23, 2018

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Andrew O'Hagan

London Evening Standard

We feel regularly discombobulated on the sea of this movie's ideas - which is a good thing for people feeling marooned by the general stupidity of this summer's film releases.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 9, 2010

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Robbie Collin

News of the World

If Wes Anderson and Terry Gilliam ever had a child, science would be amazed and appalled. But also, it would probably end up making a film like this.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 9, 2010

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

It’s a charming fantasy of a con movie that is less interested in the well-played con than the colorfully executed idea of a con, among other things.

Apr 8, 2023

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

The acting is great and it looks beautiful but it feels more like an under developed Wes Anderson film than a fully realized Rian Johnson movie.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 31, 2021

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Times

Writer-director Rian Johnson, following up his witty 2005 debut, the high school noir Brick, has a real gift for putting his own modern stamp on time-tested genres.

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 7, 2018

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Synopsis

Twenty-five years of swindling people are too much for Bloom (Adrien Brody) and he wants out of the business. His brother, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo), convinces him to work on one final hustle, targeting an eccentric East Coast heiress named Penelope (Rachel Weisz). The con game fails to play out as planned when Bloom falls in love with the irresistible woman.

Director: Rian Johnson
Executive Producer: Wendy Japhet, Douglas E. Hansen
Screenwriter: Rian Johnson
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Production Co: Ram Bergman, The Weinstein Company, Endgame Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sensuality|Brief Strong Language|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.5M

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