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IMDb rating 6.8
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Critic rating 7.1

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Critic Wendy Ide
rated 6

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.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Matt Zoller Seitz
rated 8

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

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Critic Marjorie Baumgarten
rated 6

...undeniably fresh, topical, and intriguing.

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Critic Kim Newman
rated 6

...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.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

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

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Thomas

Fed film. Næsten en Oscar værdig.

1 year ago
Critic Kristoffer Grønbæk
rated 7

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.

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Critic Jens Peterson
rated 8

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

Read full review at Aftonbladet

Cast & Crew

Edward Norton
As Lionel Essrog
Edward Norton
Director
Alec Baldwin
As Moses Randolph
Willem Dafoe
As Paul Randolph
Bruce Willis
As Frank Minna
Bobby Cannavale
As Tony Vermonte

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Motherless Brooklyn is a movie that follows the story of Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome in 1950s New York City. After his mentor and friend Frank Minna is murdered, Lionel sets out to solve the crime, using his obsessive mind and photographic memory to uncover secrets that could put the entire city in danger. Along the way, he encounters dangerous characters and uncovers a web of corruption that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. With its unique blend of mystery, drama, and thriller elements, Motherless Brooklyn promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking film experience.

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