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Cinemaniac

Mr. Brooks (Dances With Dead People)!

By Dennis Dermody

Kevin Costner's new Indian name is Dances With Dead People in the freaky new thriller opening June 1: Mr. Brooks. Mr. Brooks(Costner) is a successful businessman, philanthropist, loving husband (to Marg Helgenberg), and father (Danielle Panabaker plays his secretive daughter). But he is constantly attending AA meetings, not to supress his urge to drink -- but to kill. His alter-ego (William Hurt) is always over his shoulder egging him on to give in to his sick desires. Unfortunately a shutterbug (Dane Cook) catches him in the act of murder and blackmails him to take him along on his next kill. Demi Moore plays a detective doggedly in pursuit of him. This sardonically twisted psychological thriller by Bruce A. Evans is the damnedest thing -- none of these elements should work but they actually do. It’s creepy and disturbingly funny. Costner is sensational, wryly amusing, but like a coiled cobra.

Comments

AO Scott and EW gave it a bad review. And it opens on the same weekend as Pirates and Knocvked up, but fuck it -- This film really looks delish. Who knew Kevin Costner could still gather up some underground buzz?

Posted at 10:50 p.m. ET on Jun 01, 2007 by Ron Mwangaguhunga

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