first look: brothers bloom

"Brothers Bloom"
directed by Rian Johnson
December 19, 2008 (limited)

"Rachel Weisz steals the show from romantic interest Adrien Brody and his fellow con-man, Mark Ruffalo, in 'Brothers Bloom', Rian Johnson's follow-up to his Sundance debut film, 'Brick.' The caper comedy continues Johnson's high-style reinvention of past genres. (...) It's intricately plotted light fun, in the vein of 'Two for the Road', 'The List of Adrian Messenger', 'The Sting', 'House of Games' (Ricky Jay narrates) or 'Topkapi' (Maximillian Schell has a role in 'Bloom')."--Anne Thompson, Variety