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Having not watched many movies of late, I recently engaged in a three day movie spectacular in which I saw 20 recent movies. Of all that I saw Mr. Brooks gave me the most unusual challenge of reviewing, because nearly 48 hours on I'm still not sure if I liked it or not.
Mr. Brooks as a movie is like two ships crashing into each other, each ship is going in a different direction and each ship has an entirely different crew; there are no similarities between ships except for the fat that they are indeed SHIPS!

Hopefully I can do this movie the justice it deserves in trying to explain my opinion.
Point 1 The Cast And Their Roles

Ok so here we have the king of bore Kevin Costner taking a lead role in a serial killer thriller, not only is it a serial killer thriller but he is the serial killer; to add a third aspect Costner has a split personality and that secondary personality is played by William Hurt. This on its own is a great deal to take in, BECAUSE Costner is really, really good; he is incredibly convincing, and absolutely terrifying as the cold hearted Finger Print Killer, a man who kills for no reason other than pure necessity, to feed his addiction. Having been sucker punched by Costners cast iron performance, you then find that in reality he is the nicer of the two, the bad guy is Hurt who plays the addiction side of Costners "illness". Seeing Hurt as the bad guy is easy, but Costner? This takes still more convincing; and convince me he did, his dialogue is slick, sick and unhinged. Hurt although the worst side of Costner is also the part of Costners brain that delivers reason. While Earl (Costner) acts on gut instinct and split second decision, Marshall (Hurt) pulls him back down to the ground reminding him of the consequences of his actions.
On the flip side of this same coin Earl is an incredibly well liked man, his wife and daughter love him, and more importantly his forgiving nature; whatever the issue may be Earl has the philosophy that all can be resolved, without the need for distress or hassle. When his daughter announces at the age of 17 that she has first got kicked out of school, and secondly that she is pregnant; Earls response is calm and to the later issue he tells her that he would love to be a grandparent "A grandchild would be an incredible gift for your mother and me" he says.
Imagine then his reaction when he realises that his same daughter might well have the same issue as him.

In stark contrast to Costner you have Detective Tracy Atwood

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