Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is a lonely private detective with Tourette's Syndrome trying to solve his only friend's murder in this crime drama based on Jonathan Lethem's novel. Norton also writes and directs.
It's 1950s New York, and Lionel Essrog (Norton) is attempting to find whoever killed his mentor and friend. Armed with only a few clues and his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely guarded secrets that may hold the fate of the entire city in the balance.
- Director:
- Edward Norton ('Keeping the Faith')
- Writer:
- Edward Norton
- Cast:
- Bruce WillisEdward NortonWillem DafoeLeslie MannEthan SupleeAlec BaldwinGugu Mbatha-RawJosh PaisMichael Kenneth WilliamsCherry Jones
Reviews & comments
Time Out
pressWhen brassy Cherry Jones shows up as a Jane Jacobs in all but name, shouting down the builders, you wish Norton would commit to the real-life showdown he'd clearly rather be making.
Variety
pressA sprawling, ambitious tale of murder, blackmail and corruption in mid-century New York to rival "Chinatown" in its complexity, if not necessarily that brain-bender's elegance or appeal...
Vanity Fair
pressI miss this kind of story - told with jazz and intrigue, coal-black streets and smoky silhouettes - and Norton's filmmaking evokes it tenderly.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAn overdone epic of socio-political venality with clear designs on being viewed as an East Coast Chinatown.
Screen Daily
pressThe character may be unusual but the complex conspiracy of shady characters and dodgy dealing is all too familiar, dragging down a film that already has a lengthy running time.
The Guardian
pressWhatever its flaws, it is a substantial and distinctive drama, unlike anything around in the cinema right now, although obviously like a lot of the gumshoe movies of yesteryear.
Time Out
pressWhen brassy Cherry Jones shows up as a Jane Jacobs in all but name, shouting down the builders, you wish Norton would commit to the real-life showdown he'd clearly rather be making.
Variety
pressA sprawling, ambitious tale of murder, blackmail and corruption in mid-century New York to rival "Chinatown" in its complexity, if not necessarily that brain-bender's elegance or appeal...
Vanity Fair
pressI miss this kind of story - told with jazz and intrigue, coal-black streets and smoky silhouettes - and Norton's filmmaking evokes it tenderly.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAn overdone epic of socio-political venality with clear designs on being viewed as an East Coast Chinatown.
Screen Daily
pressThe character may be unusual but the complex conspiracy of shady characters and dodgy dealing is all too familiar, dragging down a film that already has a lengthy running time.
The Guardian
pressWhatever its flaws, it is a substantial and distinctive drama, unlike anything around in the cinema right now, although obviously like a lot of the gumshoe movies of yesteryear.
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