The Brothers Bloom is an odd,
somewhat distancing, but still curiously satisfying confection that may not leave the indelible impression in the mind that Brick does, but, thanks to the brilliant performances, literary presentation, and kitschy European art
design, offers a nice bit of escapism into its uniquely
quirky world, not dissimilar to the way Wes Anderson might do if he were to create a film with more of a conventional plot (Anderson's Bottle Rocket perhaps comes closest to the spirit of Johnson's film from a story standpoint).