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Published March 19, 2008 09:09 pm - WEEKENDER March 21 2008: Oh is Kevin Costner creepy in the delicious melodrama “Mr. Brooks.” Costner a creep in ‘Mr. Brooks’ Robert lebzelter Video Viper Oh is Kevin Costner creepy in the delicious melodrama “Mr. Brooks.”
Like Joseph Cotton in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt,” Costner plays a beloved guy who has a horrible, dark secret. Costner’s “Mr. Brooks” is Portland’s man of the year. We know early on — by the music and Costner’s look — he isn’t quite right. You see, Mr. Brooks has an imaginary friend, Marshall, played by William Hurt. Marshall wants to have fun after the man-of-the-year ceremony. What that means is watching a couple working out at a dance studio. Costner’s character and the imaginary Marshall follow the couple to their apartment where the couple is deep in the throes of passion, with the drapes wide open no less. Mr. Brooks is a pro. He pulls out his gun, wrapped in plastic bags, and KA-BOOM. Mr. Brooks might be a community hero and a rich businessman, but he is also addicted to killing. To his credit, he tries to do something about it. Since there’s no Serial Killers Anonymous groups, he goes to Alcoholics Anonymous and says, “My name is Brooks and I’m an addict.” Mr. Brooks’ previous thrill killings went off without a hitch. He vowed no matter what Marshall suggests, he wouldn’t do any more killing. But this time a photographer across the roadway takes a picture of Mr. Brooks standing in front of the window with the dead bodies in the back. But the photographer, played by Dane Cook, doesn’t want money. He has no plans to go to the police. He was so thrilled by the murders, he wants to go with Mr. Brooks for the next killing. Add to the mix is Demi Moore as Detective Tracy Atwook. Tracy is a millionaire, thanks to a rich daddy, but she wanted to make her own way. So she became a police detective. She has her own problems, besides a serial killer. She has a younger husband who was less than true to his rich wife. Now they are getting a divorce, but he wants a sizable settlement. 
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