06/02/07
Mr. Brooks was given a fairly positive review by Richard Roeper. So I went to see it. I had been feeling sick all day, and needed a distraction.
Mr. Brooks was not the right distraction.
It's not that I don't enjoy seeing the occasional splatter of blood.
It's just that I want my thrillers to feel a little more aesthetically challenging and centered than that classic soft-core late-night Showtime spectacle Body of Influence, and, if at all possible, a little less lurid.
But the new film does have an A-list cast: Costner, Hurt, Demi Moore. The fact that Demi Moore has trouble making a convincing character brings it back to Body of Influence level.
Really, there's nothing here to see, folks; move along. Next movie.
Oh, sure, Costner and Hurt have fun. But that fun barely passes to the viewers. The kitchen sink gets passed, along with nearly every other plot element you can think of, but not the proverbiel good time.
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