Quite a few plot lines and character quandaries remain unresolved. And yet the movie makes sense as it stands. After all, one can never know what makes a psychopath tick.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
1 Jun 2007
rotten:
[Director] Evans keeps flirting with a potentially rich idea only to surround it with indigestible amounts of silliness.
– Melissa Anderson,
Time Out New York,
2 Jun 2007
fresh:
The movie is so well made, and so compelling as a portrait of a man at war with himself, that, right up until the end, many people will probably be entertained by its intricately preposterous story.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
4 Jun 2007
fresh:
Mr. Brooks spins a web that will wrap you up in nightmares.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jun 2007
rotten:
This wannabe highbrow horror-thriller is a graceless, unfocused piece of work with a central narrative as tonally schizophrenic and wayward as its lead.