Mr. Brooks

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: June 1, 2007

8.4	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 419 Ratings

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BroyaxJan 16, 2017

La grande qualité du film, c'est son méchant "héros", le tueur compulsif à ses heures perdues ! un véritable assassin zinzin, un psychopathe américain très propret et "bien sous tout rapport"... mais sans aucun "code de conduite"La grande qualité du film, c'est son méchant "héros", le tueur compulsif à ses heures perdues ! un véritable assassin zinzin, un psychopathe américain très propret et "bien sous tout rapport"... mais sans aucun "code de conduite" contrairement à Dexter, si ce n'est celui très évident de ne pas se faire prendre...

Kevin Costner est certes un acteur irrégulier, inconstant mais qui sait briller le cas échéant dans certains rôles pas très nets (cf Waterworld ou Sens Unique). Il incarne ici et ainsi le tueur qu'on ne prend pas en sympathie mais qu'on ne hait pas non plus... Une interprétation subtile habilement épaulée par la petite voix dans sa tête qui prend forme sous les traits de William Hurt, joyeusement sardonique.

Alors évidemment, le scénario manque de rigueur et se fourvoie considérablement avec le personnage de la fliquette Demi Moore dont l'actrice a quelques difficultés à se dépêtrer. Actrice inconstante et inégale elle aussi, elle sait pourtant de temps à autre se montrer excellente... lorsqu'elle est cinglée (Cf A Armes égales). Ce qui n'est pas le cas ici.

Le film s'éparpille un peu trop alors qu'il devrait se concentrer sur sa trame principale, lui le tueur, sa fille chérie (qui fait des conneries) et l'admirateur. La fin bien que convenue -finalement- explore au moins un aspect de leur relation père-fille, un aspect psychologiquement torturé qui aurait mérité bien plus d'attention.

Monsieur Brooks loupe donc le coche mais d'assez peu en définitive, ce qui nous énerve un brin et ne nous console pas non plus. Le duo Costner-Hurt vaut le détour pour sa cynique drolerie en tout cas.… Expand

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BillyS.Jun 1, 2007

When Mr. Brooks is about Mr. Brooks and his alter-ego Marshall it is a surprisingly good movie. But Mr. Brooks isn't just about Mr. Brooks. There's the creepy peeping -tom who is blackmailing Mr. Brooks who has issues, there's When Mr. Brooks is about Mr. Brooks and his alter-ego Marshall it is a surprisingly good movie. But Mr. Brooks isn't just about Mr. Brooks. There's the creepy peeping -tom who is blackmailing Mr. Brooks who has issues, there's the detective on the case who has issues with an ex-husband who has issues, there's an escaped convict on the loose who has issues, and there's a daughter home from college with issues that might be a little too close to home, and that is the problem with Mr. Brooks. He's a serial killer with too many issues to just be a story about him, which is the best thing about Mr. Brooks underneath all the other issues surrounding him! The makers have certainly set us up for a possible franchise with unlimited sources for a sequel. Costner and Hurt are terrific, I just have issues with all the other characters.… Expand

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ChadS.Jun 6, 2007

Demi Moore isn't half-bad as an heiress-turned-detective(in what seems like her demo reel for serial television work), but her storyline isn't always ancilliary to the main narrative. "Mr. Brooks" would be a leaner, more focused Demi Moore isn't half-bad as an heiress-turned-detective(in what seems like her demo reel for serial television work), but her storyline isn't always ancilliary to the main narrative. "Mr. Brooks" would be a leaner, more focused work if the filmmaker edited out the bit about the avenging parolee. The two action scenes between Detective Atwood and the renegade couple has you asking yourself, "What were they thinking?" Too bad, because the on-screen presence of a person's consciousness actually works this time(much better than it did in Luc Besson's "The Messenger"), especially when Earl Brooks(Kevin Costner) and his id(William Hurt) are in perfect alignment (Marshall stops playing devil's advocate and joins Mr. Brooks in a good laugh). Billed as Costner's first bad guy-role, the sometimes effective("Field of Dreams", "The Upside of Anger"), sometimes not("The Postman", "Waterworld", etc.) actor doesn't go all the way as Denzel Washington did in "Training Day"(Costner still gets to cry), but it's good to see him shoot some people for a change. A little less Moore and better editing late in the story(an on-screen murder looks like Earl's work, but it's not, I think), and "Mr. Brooks" could've been Kevin Costner's "Collateral".… Expand

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