6.8 Score

2019 • 2h 25min • R • Thriller, Drama

Motherless Brooklyn

New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.

IMDb 6.8

RT 65%

MC 60

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Edward Norton

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Edward Norton

Jonathan Lethem

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Lionel Essrog

Bruce Willis

Frank Minna

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Laura Rose

Alec Baldwin

Moses Randolph

Willem Dafoe

Paul Randolph

Bobby Cannavale

Tony Vermonte

Cherry Jones

Gabby Horowitz

Michael Kenneth Williams

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