In
order to get involved in a movie you have to care for one or more of
the characters and in "The Brothers Bloom" you don't. There isn't any
chemistry between any of the characters as they are all so busy conning
themselves, each other and their marks. There is a brief moment when
there is insinuated that when the brothers were younger and Maximilian Schell was involved with their lives that would have explained a lot but it is quickly glossed over.

None of the actors are attractive though Rachel Weisz has moments where she looks pretty. Maximilian Schell is almost unrecognizable as he is far from the young, thin. good
looking man he was when he won his Oscar. In just a short time Mark Ruffalo has lost his matinee looks and is, obviously, having a weight problem.
I am not and have never been a fan of Adrien Brody's and still don't
believe he won an Oscar for acting. The only one in the film who is
interesting, and looks good, is Rinko Kikuchi, who is mute in the film.

I
don't usually dwell on actor's looks in a film but since the plot lines
aren't interesting and fail to involve the audience the negatives on
their lookis come to the forefront.

There are many travelogue scenes of St. Petersburg, Montenegro,
Prague and, yes, New Jersey with many standout visuals that make the
countries more feeling than the emotions, or lack of same, on the
actor's faces.

This
is suppose to be a con man movie but the cons lead nowhere though,
supposedly, each con man gets what they want and is real, but that is a
question that may or may not beanswered in the film itself.

The
writer and director, both done by one man, Rian Johnson, lets everyone
down and leaves the audience with nothing to take with them or
remember. After one hour and fifty three minutes you are left with a
film that is forgettable as you are walking out of the movie house.