Overview:
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.| Status: | Released (2019-10-31) |
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| Awards: | 2 wins & 15 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $9,277,736 |
| Screen: | Edward Norton, Jonathan Lethem |
| Productions: | Class 5 Films, MWM Studios |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 819: Edward Norton - Lionel Essrog
- 62: Bruce Willis - Frank Minna
- 1216606: Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Laura Rose
- 7447: Alec Baldwin - Moses Randolph
- 5293: Willem Dafoe - Paul Randolph
- 21127: Bobby Cannavale - Tony Vermonte
- 1956: Cherry Jones - Gabby Horowitz
Crews
- 1045964: Aaron Vexler - Stunts - Crew
- 582035: Jonathan Lethem - Novel - Writing
- 819: Edward Norton - Screenplay - Writing
- 819: Edward Norton - Director - Directing
- 4074915: Kenzi Parker - Digital Compositor - Visual Effects
- 1124485: Michael Bederman - Producer - Production
- 959606: Bill Migliore - Producer - Production
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Reviews
Stephen Campbell
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**_Looks great and is well acted, but the pacing is turgid_** >_I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelettes without breaking eggs._ - Robert Moses; Open letter to Robert Caro, refuting many of the clai ....
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It's a difficult task to pace a noir for a modern audience, and you can feel the two and a half hour runtime. The story is interesting and the parallels to America in the present day are welcomed, but there isn't enough tonal balance to contrast all the shadowy moodiness. The plot is ....
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Motherless Brooklyn’s lead performance recalls two previous Ed Norton outings: Primal Fear and The Score. In the latter two, Norton plays, respectively, a cold-blooded killer posing as a stuttering altar boy, and a thief posing as a mentally-challenged janitor; in the former, he play ....
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Motherless Brooklyn’s lead performance recalls two previous Ed Norton outings: Primal Fear and The Score. In the latter two, Norton plays, respectively, a cold-blooded killer posing as a stuttering altar boy, and a thief posing as a mentally-challenged janitor; in the former, he play ....
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