ethanbyrd
This is a great thriller supported by a fantastic cast and a great pace. Mr. Brooks is played by Kevin Costner, and he is a serial killer by night, a popular, intelligent self-righteous man of the community by day. He goes by the name Earl when not in killing mode. To make matters even more complicated Mr. Brooks is a persona arisen by a devil voice within Earl- and he is played(not just voiced but physically portrayed) by William Hurt. In one of his outings Brooks is caught in the act of murder by a photographer and then becomes entangled by the law- mainly one lady played by Demi Moore. With actors of such class there is no reason to doubt that the audiences will be kept captivated- and they are. The cinematography, pacing and direction is excellent, and it is surprising that the director Bruce Evans has only made 2 films including this one.
arthurwest-07516
This is a great thriller supported by a fantastic cast and a great pace. Mr. Brooks is played by Kevin Costner, and he is a serial killer by night, a popular, intelligent self-righteous man of the community by day. He goes by the name Earl when not in killing mode. To make matters even more complicated Mr. Brooks is a persona arisen by a devil voice within Earl- and he is played(not just voiced but physically portrayed) by William Hurt. In one of his outings Brooks is caught in the act of murder by a photographer and then becomes entangled by the law- mainly one lady played by Demi Moore. With actors of such class there is no reason to doubt that the audiences will be kept captivated- and they are. The cinematography, pacing and direction is excellent, and it is surprising that the director Bruce Evans has only made 2 films including this one.
slightlymad22
Continuing my plan to watch every Kevin Costner movie in his filmography in order, I come to 2007's Mr. Brooks. Plot In A Paragraph: Earl Brooks (KC) is a successful business man, who has just won Man Of The Year who also happens to have a murderous alter ego known as the thumbprint killer.I think Mr. Brooks is a brilliant movie, filled with fantastic performances, a great script (Kevin Costner thought the script was one of the most perfect scripts he'd ever read.) and solid directing. How this movie failed to find an audience is beyond me. It's funny movie to be rooting for a serial killer, but the way KC plays him as a tortured soul has you wanting him to succeed. Dane Cook, who I have never been a fan of, is OK as the buffoon who decides to blackmail a serial killer. As for Demi Moore, I'll admit from the off, that I am bias. I love her. I have had a crush on her since the 80's, and will usually give anything she is in a chance. she remains one of the most talented, under rated and beautiful women in movies, and her ladylike sexiness is in rare supply. For this Zoner any movie becomes promising just by having her name in it's cast.According to interviews at the time of the movie's release with KC said this was supposed to be the first movie in a trilogy. It's a real shame this never found an audience and We never got to see more of Mr Brooks and Detective Atwell.
Davis P
Even though Mr. Brooks (2007) has a big list of A-list actors, it still manages to be pretty mediocre and been there done that. Demi Moore was the best part of Mr brooks in my personal opinion, she was very spot on and believable as a hard hitting detective trying her absolute hardest to track down Kevin Costner's evil serial killer character. You really do root hard for Demi Moore in this film, or at least I did. Kevin Costner did a pretty good job as the lead, who leads a secret double life as a serial killer who kills innocent people at night behind his family and friends' back. Also I would like to applaud Danielle Panabaker in this movie, she actually did give a good performance, not quite sure if it redeems her from piranha 3DD, but it was good nonetheless. Now Dane Cook was just kinda alright in this film, he seemed a little bit out of his element, maybe good luck chuck is a more suitable type of film for him. As for the script, it was suitable for the movie, it wasn't amazing by any stretch, but it wasn't horrendous either, so there's that. Overall, Mr. Brooks is basically a run of the mill mystery, detective chasing killer kind of thing, not all that exciting overall, but it might satisfy some, who knows. 4/10 for Mr. Brooks.
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