Mr. Brooks
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Flicks, Andrew Hedley
flicksWe’ve had serial killers as central characters before, but never presented in such a gleefully silly way as this. Earl Brooks has a handful of little eccentric calling cards: a bloody thumbprint (not his, we presume) and a thorough vacuuming of the crime scene - As Demi Moore’s character later explains, he only kills victims who own vacuum cleaners.
Variety
pressMr. Brooks is most effective when it's dealing with Earl and his conscience. Hurt and Costner are terrific together as two sides of the same personality and, again, the casting is what it's all about...
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe film feels sleazy and nasty --- but without the pulp kick of filmmakers who know how to do sleazy and nasty...
San Francisco Chronicle
pressThe appeal of Mr. Brooks is as obvious as it is hard to resist: Kevin Costner as a serial killer...
New Zealand Herald
pressPromising killer thriller becomes a cluttered and messy disaster...
Christchurch Press
pressEvans's use of light and shadow is the one real bright spot, giving the film an air of menace that the rest of the movie can't sustain. The scariest things about Mr Brooks are the main character's collection of bow ties and that the creators are promising two sequels...
Flicks, Andrew Hedley
flicksWe’ve had serial killers as central characters before, but never presented in such a gleefully silly way as this. Earl Brooks has a handful of little eccentric calling cards: a bloody thumbprint (not his, we presume) and a thorough vacuuming of the crime scene - As Demi Moore’s character later explains, he only kills victims who own vacuum cleaners.
Variety
pressMr. Brooks is most effective when it's dealing with Earl and his conscience. Hurt and Costner are terrific together as two sides of the same personality and, again, the casting is what it's all about...
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe film feels sleazy and nasty --- but without the pulp kick of filmmakers who know how to do sleazy and nasty...
San Francisco Chronicle
pressThe appeal of Mr. Brooks is as obvious as it is hard to resist: Kevin Costner as a serial killer...
New Zealand Herald
pressPromising killer thriller becomes a cluttered and messy disaster...
Christchurch Press
pressEvans's use of light and shadow is the one real bright spot, giving the film an air of menace that the rest of the movie can't sustain. The scariest things about Mr Brooks are the main character's collection of bow ties and that the creators are promising two sequels...
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