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Released Year: 2019
Runtime: 144 minutes
Directors: Edward Norton
Casts: Josh Pais, Ethan Suplee, Leslie Mann, Bruce Willis, Dallas Roberts, Alec Baldwin, Edward Norton, Michael Kenneth Williams, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale, Fisher Stevens, Cherry Jones, Robert Wisdom, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Blaise Corrigan, Joseph Siravo, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Doris McCarthy, Olli Haaskivi, Radu Spinghel, Migs Govea, Courtney Gonzalez, Erica Sweany, Candace M. Smith, Katy Davis
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(9 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)
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TheWrap -
As Motherless Brooklyn reaches back in time to explore racism and New York City’s history, it also brings us urgently back to right now — how we look at politics and leadership, what offenses we’re willing to accept, what ideals are still worth fighting for.
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Original-Cin -
Motherless Brooklyn is the sort of risk-taking effort that deserves kudos whether it works or not. As it happens, this lengthy film-noir labour of love by writer, director and star Edward Norton, is well worth the ride.
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Entertainment Weekly -
If it all sometimes feels trapped in the amber of his intentions, Brooklyn still casts a quiet sort of spell: a meticulously, lovingly made mood piece, full of empathy for the ones who can’t speak — at least not always the way they want to — for themselves.
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The A.V. Club -
This passion project also lets Norton indulge in the kind of tic-heavy acting challenge he embraced early in his career.
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Variety -
Lionel’s mannerisms could have gotten obnoxious in a hurry, but Norton calibrates the performance so that the character remains unpredictable without becoming unbearable.
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Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend — a mystery that carries him from the gin-soaked jazz clubs of Harlem to the slums of Brooklyn to the gilded halls of New York's power brokers.
Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
(9 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2019
Runtime: 144 minutes
Directors: Edward Norton
Casts: Josh Pais, Ethan Suplee, Leslie Mann, Bruce Willis, Dallas Roberts, Alec Baldwin, Edward Norton, Michael Kenneth Williams, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale, Fisher Stevens, Cherry Jones, Robert Wisdom, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Blaise Corrigan, Joseph Siravo, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Doris McCarthy, Olli Haaskivi, Radu Spinghel, Migs Govea, Courtney Gonzalez, Erica Sweany, Candace M. Smith, Katy Davis
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Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend — a mystery that carries him from the gin-soaked jazz clubs of Harlem to the slums of Brooklyn to the gilded halls of New York's power brokers.
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Reviews
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TheWrap -
As Motherless Brooklyn reaches back in time to explore racism and New York City’s history, it also brings us urgently back to right now — how we look at politics and leadership, what offenses we’re willing to accept, what ideals are still worth fighting for.
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Original-Cin -
Motherless Brooklyn is the sort of risk-taking effort that deserves kudos whether it works or not. As it happens, this lengthy film-noir labour of love by writer, director and star Edward Norton, is well worth the ride.
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Entertainment Weekly -
If it all sometimes feels trapped in the amber of his intentions, Brooklyn still casts a quiet sort of spell: a meticulously, lovingly made mood piece, full of empathy for the ones who can’t speak — at least not always the way they want to — for themselves.
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The A.V. Club -
This passion project also lets Norton indulge in the kind of tic-heavy acting challenge he embraced early in his career.
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Variety -
Lionel’s mannerisms could have gotten obnoxious in a hurry, but Norton calibrates the performance so that the character remains unpredictable without becoming unbearable.
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Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend — a mystery that carries him from the gin-soaked jazz clubs of Harlem to the slums of Brooklyn to the gilded halls of New York's power brokers.
Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend — a mystery that carries him from the gin-soaked jazz clubs of Harlem to the slums of Brooklyn to the gilded halls of New York's power brokers.
Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend — a mystery that carries him from the gin-soaked jazz clubs of Harlem to the slums of Brooklyn to the gilded halls of New York's power brokers.
Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend — a mystery that carries him from the gin-soaked jazz clubs of Harlem to the slums of Brooklyn to the gilded halls of New York's power brokers.