Edward Norton has wanted to bring Jonathan Lethem’s 1999 novel Motherless Brooklyn to the screen for the better part of two decades. It has taken that long, with a complex makeover of the boo…
to the screen for the better part of two decades. It has taken that long, with a complex makeover of the book, for the resulting movie finally to come to fruition, but it is all well worth the wait.
Plotwise, Norton plays Lionel Essrog, aka Brooklyn, part of an orphaned team of private investigators working for their mentor, Frank Minna , who has brought them all together and who is on the trail of something big when he is murdered.
The director does himself a lot of favors by taking on the rich leading role, playing a guy given to tics and head jerks and constantly blurting out things he perhaps shouldn’t. After getting into the rhythms of the character you completely succumb to this fine and risky performance, ,one of many triumphs for Norton with this picture. Baldwin has simply never been better than in this role, particularly in a telling monologue towards the end that is, for lack of a better word, chilling.
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