The Brothers Bloom DVD Release

The Brothers Bloom
Starring: Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Rinko Kikuchi
Director: Rian Johnson
Rating: 4 (out of 5)

Summary: The Brothers Bloom are con men, involved in the most illustrious, theatrical and idiosyncratic cons imaginable and they've decided to do one last job before retirement - involving a thrill seeking, naive, eccentric heiress and a mute, japanese explosives expert...

Appearing on DVD after a limited but critically dignified run in cinemas, The Brothers Bloom is an idiosyncratic puzzle box of a film, which over time is bound to gain a cult and dedicated following. Rhian Johnson, he of high school detective thriller Brick fame, directs in a film that revels in it's quirk and plays like the bastard son of Danny Boyle's A Life Less Ordinary and Soderbergh's Oceans 11.

Despite the stellar cast of A-listers like Brody and Weisz combining with hot newcomers like Rinko Kikuchi and Rian Johnson, one can see why The Brothers Bloom was a hard sell for Hollywood producers. It's a film that avoids mainstream heist and con movie convention, instead having the cohones to seduce the audience with glamorous locations, slick Karl Lagerfeld inspired fashion and rat a tat dialogue - only to pull the wool over your eyes just when you think you've got it all figured out.

Films with troubled histories like Brothers Bloom - filming was completed in 2008 - rarely have the right to be so enjoyable, entertaining and above all refreshingly original. With fantastic performances all round, especially from the underrated Ruffalo and Kikuchi, and almost mythical quality to the Eastern European setting The Brothers Bloom is worth your attention but perhaps not your trust.

Available on DVD/Blu-Ray from Monday 4th October