The Brothers Bloom are a pair of con men brothers, who you would think share the last name of “Bloom.” But as it turns out, “Bloom” is simply the younger brother’s first name (played by ...

A globe-hopping tale of two too-cute con men, The Brothers Bloom is a stridently whimsical pileup of fraud, treasure, love and regret. Any hints of actual emotion, however, are squelched by hammy ...

The Brothers Bloom immediately challenges its audience to not think of Wes Anderson: Rian Johnson’s sophomore feature (after Brick) barrels out of the gate with a kinetic, Ricky Jay–narrated ...

Rian Johnson’s caper comedy The Brothers Bloom begins its nationwide rollout already burdened with a reputation as an imitation of an American original. If Johnson’s terrific debut ...

The Brothers Bloom mixes it up a lot more. It's an ambitious comedy in the form of a literary con movie, with a strongly self-conscious atmosphere. It ruminates on many things, including its own form.

The old carnival phrase "Close, but no cigar" comes to mind when watching The Brothers Bloom, a globetrotting heist film that starts off terrifically and then progressively deflates. Though it has ...

Not all outsiders are con artists, but every con artist has to be an outsider at heart. Insinuating into other people’s lives is an essential professional skill, but those who can’t step away ...