What: Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody are brothers and con men. One of them wants out of the game, but agrees to one last go-round, this time with heiress Rachel Weisz. Things go badly.
(Also, the wonderfully badass Rinko Kikuchi shows up as the aptly named Bang Bang.)
Comparable to: A little Pushing Daisies, a little Wes Anderson, a little Harold and Maude.
Representative quote: "You don't understand what my brother does. He writes his cons the way dead Russians write novels, with thematic arcs and embedded symbolism and shit."
Bonus representative quote: "Is this the bathroom? Hmm . . . no. This is camels."
Connections to previous Wreckage: I previously featured The Brothers Bloom as part of List #28 (Cons, Capers, and Heists).
Pushing Daisies was Rec. #233, Harold and Maude was Rec. #45, and Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox (also caper-driven) was Rec. #189.
The Brothers Bloom was written and directed by Rian Johnson, who also wrote and directed Brick (Rec. #62).
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