Mr. Brooks

"Consider Mr. Brooks: a successful businessman; a generous philanthropist; a loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret--he is an insatiable serial killer, so lethally clever that no one has ever suspected him--until now." - Synopsis from Yahoo! Movies

I went to see this movie last Friday night, and I expected something simple - a simple crime drama, in which we see the good but unorthodox cop take down the seemingly wonderful man with a murderous secret. Boy was I wrong. I don't even know where to begin when I describe how wrong I was. First of all, it was funny. I did not expect funny. Dane Cook is one of the main characters, so I guess I should have expected that. But, I thought the film would be a serious drama, a personal conflict and a thrilling hunt for a psychopathic killer. Not so. So not so. Second, I thought Mr. Brooks (Kevin Costner) was going to give another lackluster performance, but I have to say that he really pulled the role off well - very well. Third, I thought it would have a cut-and-dry ending, no questions, no possibility of a sequel. Wrong again. It's actually been proposed as the first part of a trilogy. I guess you can infer that I really liked the movie. I really liked it. When it comes out, go and see it.