Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The acting in this movie is really good.

I put this movie in the bin along Crash, Irresistible, Hannibal because i just blame the efforts and dedication to put inhuman, horrible violence and pain into an art object! Those movies prove that there's something wicked in our societies, a sort of dark cancer that kills our most positive and beautiful things! So here we are the voyeur of a serial killer and as the bad Beautiful Mind, it's suggested that he is not that responsible as he is managed by a vicious buddy! Things got really worse as he must become the mentor of his blackmailer and also because his madness is hereditary! For one time, we have the usual Clichés of the American movie torn in a different light (the wealthy boss, the happy family) but maybe what makes the difference here is the quality of the cast: Costner the good guy by excellence is excellent as well as Hurt (he looks like the Yellow bastard from Sin City), as Moore (even if always cold, athletic, tough) with a special mention for Dane Cook, the could be son of Fletch who adds here to his cool attitude a real ability for drama too!

I'd say this film is a bit less than average. It has some twists that I liked, and Mr.Brooks have you think about how randomly someone gets killed. You have your plans, your day ahead but, no, suddenly you're dead. Kevin Costner does a decent job, and his calm demeanor somehow fits the role. His killer alter ego is played by William Hurt, and that works well. It made me think of how the Ego plays tricks on us; the devil on everyone's shoulder... Demi Moore's character is a bit flat, while Dane Cook is OK. I am left with the feeling that this movie could have been a lot better, but unfortunately it's missing something. I don't regret watching it, though.

To be honest I decided to watch movie because I had nothing to do. But as movie start picking up the story it gets exciting. This is all together whole new concept of serial killer. Mr.Kevin has done excellent job so is director. The best part of the movie was less blood shed , as we know most of the serial killer movies gets dirty all the time. Demi Moore has done excellent job and the way police investigate is very realistic. Although she was not sure about serial killer but her basic instincts about finding out the photographer was brilliantly shown. All together this is good movie with dark humor , nicely scripted story and excellent acting by Kevin and other crew. I would love to see some more movies like this in future.

OK, I think this is the closest that you could ever come to seeing and meeting a real life serial killer in all his perverse psychology on display. Kevin Costner is outstanding in his portrayal of Mr. Brooks, a seemingly solid citizen and nice guy with a seriously evil and twisted side to him. The whole fractured psyche shown, with the invention of an imaginary alter ego that pushes him to commit atrocious murders, looks like a very true-to-life scenario of a split personality, the classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde syndrome. The depiction of how the tension and frustration and excitement build in between the kills, till the killer trips and bursts through the nice guy persona is chilling and effective. However, even though I found the whole genetic basis of twisted psychopathic behavior to be an exceedingly intriguing premise, I am not so sure about a killing gene expressing itself so floridly, especially in a female, as female serial killers are so far and few in between in history and most could not be related back to a genetic basis. Still, this is one good, scary and original take on the whole serial killer genre. Watch it!!