There’s no arguing with the quality of the craft here: the production design, by Beth Mickle, is vivid and full-blooded; the score, by Daniel Pemberton, is a brassy dive bar grind, all skittish drums and slutty brass.

...it’s passionate, controlled and smart—a throwback to another era of American cinema, not just American life.

...undeniably fresh, topical, and intriguing.

...Norton is always well cast as neuroatypical, and he’s excellent as the usually calm, rational Lionel, who seems to share his brain with an anarchist.

...a substantial and distinctive drama, unlike anything in the cinema right now...

Der er (...) herligt fart over feltet, en næsten forførende energi, i ’Motherless Brooklyn’, der både hylder og selvbevidst leger med konventionerne for detektiv- og film noir-genren.

Edward Norton är mycket bra i huvudrollen, och imponerar som manusförfattare och regissör.