by Symeon J. Thompson
Motherless Brooklyn is a leisurely neo-noir that moves with the grace and deftness of a classy jazz act. Loosely based on the novel by Jonathan Lethem, writer-director-star Edward Norton has fashioned a masterful exploration of power, cities and the reality of chivalry.
Norton stars as Lionel Essrog, an obsessive-compulsive junior private eye with Tourette’s and a phenomenal memory and mind. When his boss, mentor, and the closest thing he has to a father, Frank Minn…
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