Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna. (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: Edward Norton
Written By: Edward Norton, Jonathan Lethem
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Alec Baldwin, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Ethan Suplee, Leslie Mann, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Kenneth Williams, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Loading Products from EbayLoading...
Motherless Brooklyn belongs to 7 collections
1. Neo-noir (public: moderated by Spunkie - 22 stars)
2. Based On A Book (public: moderated by Spunkie - 18 stars)
3. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
4. Based On Novel (public: moderated by tathiel - 7 stars)
5. New York (public: moderated by djross - 6 stars)
6. Director/star combination (public: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
7. 2020 (private: sproost)
Browse the full list of collections
| Date | User | Rating | |
| Sep 15 |  |
jobsbronson | 40 85% |
| Sep 14 |  |
Travisbickle | 80 40% |
| Sep 09 | flat circle | 5 51% |
|
| Sep 09 | slanbexx | 68 33% |
|
| Sep 08 | matthagen | 57 68% |
|
|
It is overlong and indulgent, with some pieces just not fitting properly. The end didn't satisfy, but it did feel realistic. The cast is great, the story is good, the execution is adequate.
|
|||
| Sep 06 | skeller | 80 31% |
|
| Sep 05 |  |
Luna6ix | 83 82% |
|
Detective mysteries of this sort are an obsession of mine, so I'd probably like this no matter how good or bad it is. The truth is, though, that while Lionel might be a unique lead in a story of this type, "Motherless Brooklyn" is hard-boiled to the core, it checks all the boxes without feeling overly cliched. If you're a fan of noir, or detectives, you should give it a shot. I got my fingers crossed for a sequel, but judging by Lethem, and the negative profit, I doubt it'll ever happen.
|
|||
| Sep 02 | M1X0R | 85 98% |
|
| Sep 02 | Crmrctkr | 75 57% |
|
| Aug 31 | Skerringer | 64 46% |
|
| Aug 28 | Rey | 79 56% |
|
| Aug 26 | beeblebrox | 82 51% |
|
| Aug 19 | mfl | 51 23% |
|
| Aug 17 | luthar15 | 25 47% |
|
|
Might have been better. But a rich Jewish woman taking care of colored people!!! Come on .. Is this science fiction or what? Who created racism if not them? Go read their books.
|
|||
| Aug 15 | Popcornemil | 62 30% |
|
| Aug 15 | Noel74 | 52 5% |
|
| Aug 10 | kissgyozi | 80 71% |
|
| Aug 08 |  |
emreco | 70 56% |
| Aug 03 | biff | 70 48% |
|
| Aug 03 |  |
matthewmj336 | 59 14% |
| Aug 03 | lethias | 60 6% |
|
|
Music is good and some noir-style scenery too, otherwise feels a rather dull movie. Shallow even. What's with twitching character again, Ed? One of those rare movies I couldn't watch in one take and honestly I just don't feel to analyze the movie in depth because nothing seemed to work perfectly even though everything was executed on a good level.
|
|||
| Jul 26 |  |
rklenseth | 70 60% |
| Jul 23 |  |
VegA | 59 32% |
| Jul 17 | tadej | 80 68% |
|
| Jul 17 |  |
McJohnson | 85 73% |
| Jul 16 |  |
pileofzack | 57 12% |
| Jul 11 |  |
glumpy_99 | 87 71% |
|
Admittedly an uneven (and overlong) effort, but what works here works so well that it still becomes a sort of fascinating masterpiece; Norton pulling triple duty and directing a cast of Wes Anderson off-cuts is a great hook, and the film has atmosphere ala CHINATOWN to burn, and some terrific performances (seeing Willis in a sterling return to form was worth the price of admission). Goes off on too many tangents (jazz club) which work well in isolation, but kill story momentum from time to time.
|
|||
| Jul 04 |  |
vwgregov | 60 27% |
| Jul 04 | kappeuter | 80 91% |
|
| Jul 04 |  |
hyrras | 70 52% |
| Jul 01 | eman0 | 64 38% |
|
| Jun 18 |  |
froce | 55 40% |
| May 28 | kupfertj | 75 62% |
|
| May 27 | armutvepilav | 66 29% |
|
| May 23 | soderberg | 70 64% |
|
| May 22 |  |
Scar | 60 14% |
| May 21 | TonySoprano | 80 84% |
|
| May 19 | zomgmouse | 60 17% |
|
| May 16 |  |
Flitskonijn | 80 0% |
| May 16 |  |
hajikarimi | 90 59% |
| May 10 | Setionis | 75 63% |
|
| May 01 | mehran | 68 14% |
|
| Apr 30 |  |
outTake | 70 35% |
| Apr 29 | account2 | 60 64% |
|
| Apr 29 | DennisJ1976 | 53 36% |
|
| Apr 27 |  |
navid erfan | 70 63% |
| Apr 26 | amarendra | 70 0% |
|
| Apr 23 | kordkarimi | 60 22% |
|
| Apr 14 |  |
danio7 | 40 19% |
| Apr 13 |  |
PDM.82 | 59 10% |
|
Edward Norton's passion project "Motherless Brooklyn" is a disappointing film noir, with bad writing and a waste of a talented cast. Norton stars, writes, directs and produces and it's not very memorable with very bad acting performances. "Motherless Brooklyn" feels like a generic version of "Chinatown"(1974) or "Devil In A Blue Dress"(1995). A wasted opportunity for Norton on a movie with good casting and lots of potential. In the end the movie is just too long and just mediocre.
|
|||
| Apr 11 |  |
Twiss | 86 44% |
| Apr 05 | reeses87 | 80 70% |
|
| Apr 05 |  |
pscoey | 40 35% |
| Apr 04 |  |
jeff_v | 55 14% |
| Apr 04 |  |
Pvt.Hudson | 67 46% |
| Apr 02 |  |
felipelahm | 50 34% |
|
Nobody asked for such an arrogant expository detective story with some baffingly bad directorial choices -- the political, racial overtones involving inequality and the NY mogul that is destroying "slums" to build "progress" through bridges and real estate chic shit actually go nowhere --, but I kinda liked it, though: Norton's Primal Fear performance is ridiculously funny and sometimes it's nice just to lay back and relax watching an actor-driven story. Bloated as hell, but that's ok.
|
|||
| Apr 02 | siweq86 | 70 54% |
|
| Apr 01 | ozonepaul | 56 7% |
|
|
Disappointment of the year.
|
|||
| Apr 01 |  |
PanStankevic | 9 91% |
| Mar 31 | Matt92 | 80 26% |
|
| Mar 29 |  |
TheShiznit | 42 42% |
| Mar 29 |  |
solipsist | 50 9% |
| Mar 28 |  |
Skrechy | 59 27% |
| Mar 24 |  |
ÖzcanEfe | 60 34% |
| Mar 23 |  |
Nathan | 32 5% |
| Mar 20 |  |
baristoker | 50 15% |
| Mar 15 |  |
kangadoodoo | 50 30% |
| Mar 14 |  |
Tavington | 2 37% |
|
All right ingredients for noir but instead Tourette's was the focus, which is a shame. A long walk from A to B makes an easy watching but do not expect too much plotwise. The cast is solid.
|
|||
| Mar 12 | knives | 58 12% |
|
| Mar 12 |  |
Grouchy | 74 34% |
| Mar 12 |  |
Icarus | 75 49% |
|
Can't get past the feeling that this is all about Norton giving himself a chance to play another broken character. The story is interesting enough, its heart in the right place, and intertwining the political and the personal. Ultimately, it's a bracing critique of a male-dominated world, its women saintly, the only ones who care about political justice in any meaningful way. The jazz score (and Thom Yorke) is pretty great.
|
|||
| Mar 09 | elimpe | 68 40% |
|
| Mar 08 | flipperrbm | 5 61% |
|
| Mar 07 |  |
I am prowler | 61 64% |
| Mar 07 |  |
bjrobillard | 60 34% |
| Mar 05 |  |
esraylmz | 85 34% |
| Mar 04 |  |
kadikoy | 60 48% |
|
Edward Norton'un yönetmenliğini ve başrolünde oynadığı film. Patronunun ölmesi sonucu, davasını araştıran 1 hafiye, Brooklyn siyahi ailelelerin evlerinden atılmasını keşfediyor. Görüntü yönetmenliğine bayıldım. Oyuncular doğaçlama olmayı seçmiş. Filmin sonunda, aile sırlarını öğreniyoruz. Belediye başkanının foyası da ortaya çıkıyor. Her ailede muzır bir kardeş vardır.
|
|||
| Mar 02 |  |
cweng50 | 75 78% |
| Mar 01 | ab_iiserk | 58 21% |
|
| Feb 29 | NoiseMaker | 97 99% |
|
| Feb 26 | Darkone55 | 65 27% |
|
| Feb 22 | jimmyp | 30 8% |
|
| Feb 22 | cfa () | 70 36% |
|
| Feb 22 | pi3r8 | 80 0% |
|
| Feb 21 | Blondone86 | 70 38% |
|
| Feb 21 |  |
amingh | 72 47% |
| Feb 18 | sky3088 | 6 37% |
|
| Feb 18 |  |
daniel | 25 35% |
| Feb 17 |  |
mert2707 | 54 24% |
| Feb 17 |  |
sonya semyon | 32 11% |
| Feb 17 |  |
Kerfoot32 | 33 30% |
| Feb 16 |  |
Haydar | 65 53% |
| Feb 16 |  |
MikiRurk_STG | 50 20% |
| Feb 16 |  |
Antunder | 35 16% |
| Feb 16 |  |
dr. radical | 61 71% |
| Feb 16 |  |
thenewshit | 40 5% |
| Feb 15 |  |
metehan13 | 70 49% |
| Feb 15 |  |
nobamba | 60 57% |
|
Good cast and I like the noir atmosphere. Felt like Chinatown NYC. Missing a femme fatale. The music was great. The Tourette's didn't annoy me as much as I'd feared. Fav scenes: Alec Baldwin's long dialogues about empire building.
|
|||
| Feb 15 |  |
VanillaSky | 70 73% |
| Feb 13 | mrci | 20 5% |
|
| Feb 13 | debaser1985 | 74 77% |
|
| Feb 13 | rkosiba31 | 54 26% |
|
| Feb 13 |  |
El99can | 50 11% |
| Feb 13 | HoneyB | 67 33% |
|
| Feb 12 |  |
Cloudynow | 76 83% |
| Feb 11 |  |
LuxNatalis | 14 3% |
| Feb 10 |  |
petrosdm | 40 22% |
| Feb 10 | seenmany | 80 48% |
|
|
so so actually, not a catchy story
|
|||
| Feb 10 | clouseau | 60 42% |
|
| Feb 10 |  |
kgbelliveau | 80 53% |
|
While at times impressive thanks to a fully immersed Edward Norton playing triple duty it often trails off for long periods of time without coherency. It fell flat at times when it mattered most and aside from Norton never really took advantage of all the potential. What's good is good. The atmosphere throughout was tense and recreated well but it doesn't seem to lead to anything with any ounce of gratification for the long run time and wide array of characters introduced.
|
|||
| Feb 09 | subscape | 70 64% |
|
| Feb 09 |  |
orangezen | 75 77% |
| Feb 08 |  |
jemenfous | 56 15% |
| Feb 07 |  |
rakules | 45 9% |
| Feb 07 | shahin19 | 77 58% |
|
| Feb 07 |  |
fagus | 50 59% |
| Feb 07 | danialinho | 55 33% |
|
| Feb 06 |  |
tatarbey | 72 42% |
| Feb 05 | caprimode | 60 32% |
|
| Feb 05 | seamorgh | 65 31% |
|
| Feb 02 |  |
Phelipe | 44 15% |
| Feb 02 | mrharrison | 70 62% |
|
| Feb 02 |  |
Temptershell | 72 46% |
| Feb 02 | stalefish | 78 46% |
|
| Jan 31 |  |
REDO1 | 70 32% |
| Jan 31 | UXX3 | 40 18% |
|
| Jan 30 |  |
korbenPL | 43 48% |
| Jan 30 |  |
Mr.Pedro | 60 34% |
| Jan 29 |  |
NhanLa | 60 38% |
| Jan 28 | gabba2k7 | 80 25% |
|
|
familiar actors, prolly good era recreation, but i didnot find a story catchy. despite of the era that movie just 'feels' old n off.
|
|||
| Jan 27 |  |
donmezsefa | 50 22% |
| Jan 27 | bmmello | 75 41% |
|
| Jan 27 |  |
Salomon | 70 58% |
| Jan 27 | Dr.N0 | 90 83% |
|
| Jan 27 |  |
b4con | 75 36% |
| Jan 26 |  |
sproost | 50 25% |
| Jan 26 |  |
gorkemoge | 60 52% |
| Jan 24 |  |
avgcrtckr | 47 38% |
| Jan 24 |  |
filmaffinity | 62 52% |
| Jan 24 |  |
VinegarBob | 50 25% |
|
The idea of a private detective with Tourette's Syndrome sounds like it would lead to some very interesting and possibly amusing scenarios, and it is front and center in Ed Norton's performance, but it isn't explored in any depth. What we're left with is a nice looking period gumshoe drama with a double helping of government corruption a la Chinatown, but the pacing is way off. It's not a terrible movie, but it's kind of generic and would benefit greatly from being about 45 minutes shorter.
|
|||
| Jan 23 | degree | 3 0% |
|
| Jan 23 |  |
stoned | 75 44% |
| Jan 23 |  |
babyyoda | 51 38% |
| Jan 23 |  |
kk3thess | 60 36% |
| Jan 22 | luanmarcel | 63 43% |
|
| Jan 22 |  |
Kraven1138 | 70 53% |
| Jan 22 |  |
hsncomert | 35 21% |
| Jan 21 |  |
obtiosov | 73 49% |
| Jan 21 |  |
JaiGuy | 70 26% |
|
I think this movie suffered from inauthenticity. Sure, the bigwig politicians seem right, but everything else felt anachronistic to the time period. I was waiting for a smart phone to pop out somewhere. It was also unnecessarily loooooooooong.
|
|||
| Jan 20 | dsbatista | 75 28% |
|
| Jan 20 | TheSean | 55 18% |
|
| Jan 20 |  |
gert | 60 50% |
| Jan 19 |  |
AAAutin | 34 20% |
|
(DEVIL IN A BLUE TOURETTE'S)
|
|||
| Jan 19 |  |
KasperL | 55 40% |
|
A voice-over by Norton goes a long way, and his second directorial effort is a nice little noir pastiche with a pretty great supporting cast (Mbatha-Raw, Dafoe, Baldwin). However, the protagonist's condition, which I certainly did not find amusing, adds nothing interesting (in fact, his incessant outbursts almost sort of ruined the movie for me), and, while completely decent, Norton's performance was a good deal less impressive than his usual brilliance.
|
|||
| Jan 19 | Jorg | 70 64% |
|
| Jan 19 | michaelm2391 | 69 45% |
|
| Jan 19 |  |
twillis | 82 60% |
| Jan 19 |  |
jalanb | 77 70% |
| Jan 19 | kivwoodfield | 85 82% |
|
| Jan 18 |  |
kate_p | 78 49% |
| Jan 17 |  |
amazedemon | 64 49% |
|
Based off a1999 novel, the issues of discrimination and increasing urbanisation seem equally relevant in 1957, 1999 and today; which is an unfortunate blow to social progress. The film is a mixed bag with decent to good acting (though at times a little prone to over-acting). The plot is interesting, though there are issues with the pacing whereby the film should have lost at least 20 minutes. At times a little predictable, at others the plot is undermined by forgettable characters. It's alright.
|
|||
| Jan 17 |  |
punpun | 35 12% |
| Jan 17 |  |
Dthepyek | 51 56% |
| Jan 17 | speedking | 69 40% |
|
| Jan 17 | sspiegel | 65 28% |
|
| Jan 17 |  |
bybrt | 40 13% |
| Jan 17 |  |
luisferreira | 70 60% |
| Jan 17 |  |
maxmode | 50 23% |
| Jan 16 |  |
ibodirector | 40 16% |
| Jan 16 |  |
Akınz | 40 4% |
| Jan 16 | ruoja | 65 60% |
|
| Jan 16 | bolinek | 35 29% |
|
| Jan 16 | matask | 75 58% |
|
| Jan 16 |  |
eCitizen | 75 75% |
|
Ed Norton is multitalented as the writer, director, and lead actor. This noir gumshoe story was interesting, twisted, engaging and very entertaining. I quite liked Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Ed Norton in this. It sports a tremendous cast of characters. All of the acting performances were very good. Excellent music and video production. It has lots of intrigue and mystery. Well worth watching.
|
|||
| Jan 16 | Mavoy | 60 12% |
|
| Jan 16 |  |
tipieserozge | 30 18% |
| Jan 16 |  |
jndcnr | 55 18% |
| Jan 15 |  |
chadisdanger | 59 9% |
| Jan 15 |  |
selingoknar | 45 6% |
| Jan 15 |  |
gozdeyuksel | 60 37% |
| Jan 15 |  |
tom20 | 75 43% |
| Jan 15 |  |
navid.g | 77 50% |
| Jan 15 |  |
Roshambo | 65 66% |
| Jan 15 |  |
Oktay | 40 11% |
| Jan 15 |  |
Spunkie | 50 39% |
| Jan 15 |  |
Vokalbum | 72 72% |
| Jan 15 |  |
Kaan Kavusan | 25 5% |
|
45 dakika dayanabildim. ABV Norton yani.
|
|||
| Jan 08 | qwertyes | 80 76% |
|
| Jan 08 | DSonla | 68 34% |
|
| Jan 06 |  |
Teproc | 81 94% |
| Jan 04 | marhlew | 70 60% |
|
| Jan 02 |  |
cankutozturk | 72 23% |
| Dec 30, 2019 | wizard81 | 70 52% |
|
| Dec 29, 2019 | xmas | 75 62% |
|
| Dec 12, 2019 | judeclapton | 8 64% |
|
| Dec 11, 2019 |  |
DBibby | 71 44% |
| Dec 08, 2019 |  |
jakartan | 63 44% |
| Dec 04, 2019 | therightfilm | 75 22% |
|
| Dec 03, 2019 | chiphall72 | 57 23% |
|
| Nov 28, 2019 | TJDixon2 | 73 49% |
|
| Nov 25, 2019 | uaZBPo | 13 79% |
|
| Nov 24, 2019 | nicopoore | 80 0% |
|
| Nov 23, 2019 | nunof | 60 89% |
|
| Nov 23, 2019 | Sol | 60 17% |
|
| Nov 22, 2019 |  |
waltermora | 60 47% |
| Nov 18, 2019 |  |
pmpfe | 79 40% |
| Nov 14, 2019 | xacviant | 76 42% |
|
| Nov 13, 2019 |  |
stuie299 | 75 48% |
|
I can't say anything is really all that bad. The cast is actually really good. Norton is solid enough in the lead role. When he's working the case it works. When they try to slow things down it doesn't.
|
|||
| Nov 11, 2019 |  |
Dumptruk4Lif | 92 84% |
| Nov 10, 2019 | blucthulhu | 80 79% |
|
| Nov 09, 2019 |  |
gwynplaine | 80 53% |
| Nov 08, 2019 |  |
RealMacgyver | 70 51% |
| Nov 08, 2019 | hairchow | 45 16% |
|
| Nov 08, 2019 |  |
EricDSnider2 | 82 51% |
| Nov 07, 2019 | braddad68 | 95 83% |
|
|
Not only a great period piece crime thriller, but added the element of the main character having Tourette's. Master class in acting and filmmaking!
|
|||
| Nov 07, 2019 |  |
Cipher067 | 75 72% |
| Nov 07, 2019 |  |
dgprim | 50 27% |
| Nov 06, 2019 | maneeshgoel | 60 32% |
|
| Nov 06, 2019 |  |
inmate | 74 39% |
| Nov 06, 2019 |  |
Florin92 | 75 81% |
| Nov 05, 2019 |  |
parastood | 84 37% |
| Nov 05, 2019 |  |
TraverseTown | 55 37% |
| Nov 03, 2019 | lang95 | 77 67% |
|
| Nov 03, 2019 |  |
Ofterdingen | 47 30% |
|
Nothing really works. In fact, every aspect of this movie is a little too dull or a little annoying.
|
|||
| Nov 03, 2019 | kjones77 | 70 41% |
|
| Nov 02, 2019 | Alucard979 | 92 84% |
|
| Nov 02, 2019 | zevel6 | 53 42% |
|
| Nov 02, 2019 |  |
bowfinger | 40 31% |
|
Wow! It's been a while since a neo-noir of this caliber truly captured the very essence of the mystery/crime genre in a--*SNEEZING SNOOZE-FEST* ...Sorry about that, so yeah, Norton incredibly manages to pull off wearing so many hats in this darkly magnifici--*JUICY JERKER JUNKY RETARD* Sorry, uhm... yeah, the stellar supporting cast is just--*DUMPSTER DUMPSTER, FUNKY ROOSTER* .....ah, screw this.
|
|||
| Nov 01, 2019 | filmcricket | 59 52% |
|
| Oct 19, 2019 |  |
Cowman | 60 28% |
| Sep 18, 2019 | CarsonWid | 68 50% |
|
| Sep 12, 2019 |  |
MetaCritic2 | 60 46% |
| Average Percentile 42.92% from 232 Ratings |  |
