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Actors: Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, William Hurt, Marg Helgenberger Director: Bruce A. Evans Rating: Features: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Number of Discs: 1 Running Time: 121 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Release Date: October 23, 2007 Theatrical Release Date: June 1, 2007 Studio: MGM Video & DVD
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Consider MR. BROOKS. A successful businessman. A generous philanthropist. A loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret... he is also the notorious Thumbprint Killer and no one has ever suspected it... until now.
Kevin Costner as a warped serial killer, a pillar of the community whose dark side is embodied by an on-screen William Hurt? You have to admit, it sounds intriguing, right? Mr. Brooks is the vehicle for this unsavory story, and it turns out to be a lot less kicky than it sounds. Mr. Brooks is a Portland, Oregon tycoon and philanthropist whose "addiction" to murder is suddenly re-surfacing--with plenty of help from his sneering alter ego, who generally sits in the back of the car, goading Mr. Brooks on. The other characters can't see William Hurt in all this, of course. The unbelievably convoluted plot has Mr. Brooks confronted by a blackmailer comedian Dane Cook who has a surprising twist on things, and trailed by a cop Demi Moore who comes equipped with her own set of professional and marital woes. As if that weren't enough, when Brooks's daughter Danielle Panabaker comes home, it becomes clear that some traits run in the family.
The scenes with Costner and Hurt are the best stuff in the film, even if director Bruce Evans can't figure out how to play fair visualizing their presence to others. But the script, which among other whoppers make Demi Moore's character a millionaire, is just too unbelievable to stomach. If William Hurt's character provided a running commentary for this movie, there wouldn't be anything left after he got through mocking it. --Robert Horton