As one of the few critics to hate Rian Johnson's Brick, I've had very low expectations for his delayed follow-up, The Brothers Bloom. But, because I tend to enjoy most films about con men, I had also reserved a bit of curious interest. Well, all that just flew out the window as I attempted to watch the first seven minutes of the movie on Hulu. I could barely even get through half of it. I finally stopped the video at the 4:24 mark.
I love Ricky Jay as much as the next Mamet fan, but he should not be narrating a movie. Aside from the actor choice, though, the movie shouldn't even have the narration to begin with. It's even worse than the one in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which I similarly hated immediately due to its voiceover exposition. Even without the narration, though, I doubt I'd get very far with this movie, with its badly directed child actors and its overreaching style (the legless cat is cute but in general the beginning is too quick with the quirk and terribly unfunny).
I've gone from having a low expectation to having no interest at all in this movie.
See how far you can get with the clip, over at Hulu.
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