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Mr. Brooks
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Earl Brooks (Kevin Costner) is a popular, humble, successful man with a beautiful wife and daughter, a thriving private company and a highly respected record of philanthropy, for which he was recently named the Portland Chamber of Commerce "Man of the Year".He's also one of the most prolific serial killers in American history, and no one has ever come close to suspecting him of it.Brooks is still quite a good man in many ways, and does his best to resist his lethal urges, frequently while being spurred on by "Marshall" (William Hurt), the psychological manifestation of Brooks' dark side whom only he can see. He manages to maintain this life relatively stably for many years until one day, after a relapse that leaves two people dead, Brooks is approached by an obnoxious, abrasive younger man going by "Mr. Smith" (Dane Cook). "Smith" happened to witness Brooks committing the double-murder, photographed it, knows he's the "Thumbprint Killer", and wants to blackmail him. However, not for money. "Smith" got a huge rush out of seeing Brooks' actions.... and wants to be taken along for the ride next time.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore), an extremely determined detective who has been attempting to solve Brooks's murders for years, seems to be getting closer, while going through a messy divorce and tracking another serial killer she previously caught, "the Hangman", who has now escaped. Brooks' family life is also getting more complicated as his daughter Jane (Danielle Panabaker) has just dropped out of college and moved back home, bringing an unexpected set of new problems with her.Directed by Bruce A. Evans and released in 2007, Mr. Brooks is a coolly cerebral thriller filled with style and highly detailed substance, focusing on the skeletons we all have in our closets — and what we might do if they ever got out. | |
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Villainous Lineage | |
| Mr. Brooks / int_1246c26c | comment |
Villainous Lineage: Earl's daughter turns out to have the same urge to kill as he does. She's just not nearly as good at it. | |
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If I Wanted You Dead... | |
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If I Wanted You Dead...: Brooks surprises Smith in the night to tell him when and where to meet him to kill someone. Brooks states "If I was here to kill you, you'd already be dead". | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy | |
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"Well Done, Son!" Guy: Atwood's father was very disappointed that she was born a girl, and he let her know it, so she has spent her whole life trying to prove him wrong. | |
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The Glasses Come Off | |
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The Glasses Come Off: When he's wearing his eyeglasses, he's Earl Brooks, a nice, friendly, generous businessman. When he's not wearing them, he's the very, very dangerous Thumbprint Killer. | |
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Tropaholics Anonymous | |
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Tropaholics Anonymous: Brooks attends AA meetings using substance abuse as a metaphor for serial killing. | |
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Calling Card | |
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Calling Card: Brooks' victims are typically left in intimate, lifelike poses and a bloody thumbprint from each of them is left on a nearby surface post-mortem, hence him being known to police and the public as the Thumbprint Killer. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: Never fully, but there are inherent touches of it throughout the film, especially in the Brooks-Marshall-Smith relationship. | |
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Out with a Bang | |
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Out with a Bang: Brooks often murders couples while they're having sex, or about to. | |
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Split Personality | |
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Split Personality: Deconstructed. Earl and Marshall are played by two different actors, so the old trope "two different minds inhabiting the same body" is not at work here. Many of the dialogues between Earl and Marshall are carried out in front of other characters, who do not hear Marshall's words, nor react with amazement at Earl talking to himself. So, it is clear that all of them actually happen in Earl's head. Finally, Earl is clearly conscious that Marshall is merely the projection of his own killer instincts and he never pretends that Marshall actually exists. | |
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Batman Gambit | |
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Batman Gambit: A particularly interesting one towards the end, involving "Smith". | |
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Daydream Surprise | |
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Day Dream Surprise: The ending where Brooks is killed by his daughter | |
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Big Fancy House | |
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Big Fancy House: Brooks owns one befitting a box maker baron. | |
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The Atoner | |
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The Atoner: Brooks persistently tries to stop killing, but is always pulled back. | |
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Crazy-Prepared | |
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Crazy-Prepared: This is how he never gets caught. He stalks his victims, researches them, walks through their house. Finds out their plans, and after he kills them, he leaves no evidence behind: | |
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Evil Tastes Good | |
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Evil Tastes Good: "The hunger" for murder, which Mr. Brooks finds addictive even though he knows that it's wrong and tries to quit. | |
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Sequel Hook | |
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Sequel Hook: Unsurprisingly, since Costner and the makers confirmed in the DVD features that the film was originally conceived as the first of a "Brooks trilogy", there are many of them. It is implied and foreshadowed in the finale that Jane is planning to kill his father and replace him as the head of the family company. Speaking of Jane, she also gives inconsistent versions of what happened to her car. Earl is quick to surmise that a critical piece of evidence linking her to the murder of a classmate must be hidden into the car, but this is not further elaborated upon and the fate of the car is never revealed. Even if Tracy Atwood is the detective in charge of the "Thumbprint Killer" investigation, she and Earl never really cross paths during the movie (on account of her being distracted by a nasty divorce and by another serial killer obsessed with killing her). But at the end the stage is set for a confrontation between the two of them. After having framed “Mr Smith” for his crimes as the "Thumbprint Killer" Earl calls Atwood and shares with her details that only the killer could know. At the end of the call Atwood has understood that whoever called her was not Smith. When Atwood investigates the first murders committed by Earl in the film, she notes that he had been able to walk through the victims’ apartment in complete darkness, even avoiding to trip over and topple objects located in the midst of the most direct route to the master bedroom. The implication is that he was able to access and scout the premises before the murders. Finding how he could have done it is a clear line of investigation that is not pursued further. | |
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Freeze-Frame Bonus | |
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Freeze-Frame Bonus: Wanna know Mr. Baffert's first name? Pause the DVD and look closely at the newspaper blurb about him in the diner scene towards the end. | |
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This Is Your Brain on Evil | |
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This Is Your Brain on Evil: Mr. Brooks uses Alcoholics Anonymous mantras to try to resist the urge to murder. It doesn't work. | |
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Serial Killer | |
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Serial Killer: Mr. Brooks. "Smith" catches him and blackmails him into making him an apprentice. | |
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Mr. Vice Guy | |
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Mr. Vice Guy: Mr. Earl Brooks, who is not just a nice guy, but a noted philanthropist. If only he weren't addicted to murder... | |
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Imaginary Friend | |
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Imaginary Friend: Marshall, who's basically Mr. Brooks evil side. | |
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Hollywood Silencer | |
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Hollywood Silencer: Averted. Brooks distinctive handgun sounds quite realistic. | |
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Slashed Throat | |
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Slashed Throat: Resulting from the Shovel Strike. | |
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Sympathetic Murderer | |
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Sympathetic Murderer: Mr. Brooks, a kind, philanthropic loving family man who futilely struggles with his desire to kill. | |
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Good Girls Avoid Abortion | |
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Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Strangely enough considering that he's a serial killer, Mr. Brooks objects when his pregnant daughter says she may have an abortion, although he backs down she fires back that it's her decision, softening it to how a grandchild would be a great gift to her mother and him. We don't learn what she decided before the film ends. | |
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Villain Protagonist | |
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Villain Protagonist: Brooks, with traces of Anti-Villain. | |
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Shovel Strike | |
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Shovel Strike: After deciding that he wants to continue living after all, Brooks attacks "Smith" with a shovel, and finishes him off by slashing his throat with it. | |
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Flaw Exploitation | |
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Flaw Exploitation: "Smith" has many flaws, but Mr. Brooks particularly uses his arrogance to bring him down. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
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Asshole Victim: Most of the victims of Earl are either unsympathetic characters or outright jerkasses. Especially, Mr. "Smith", who is not only a voyeur, but does not also report Earl to the police after having discovered that he is the Thumbprint Killer because he wants to blackmail Earl into help him to set up a random murder, just for the thrill. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: Subverted and played straight with the same bit of foreshadowing, as Earl is correct to assume his daughter is a murderer, but the scene where she murders him as well turns out to be All Just a Dream | |
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Double Consciousness | |
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Double Consciousness: Mr. Brooks and his evil alter ego, Marshall. | |
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Mr. Smith | |
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Mr. Smith: Played straight with Baffert, alias "Mr. Smith". | |
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Gollum Made Me Do It | |
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Gollum Made Me Do It: Marshall constantly goads Mr. Brooks into committing murder again, in spite of his best efforts to stop. | |
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Jack the Ripoff | |
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Jack the Ripoff: Mr. Brooks goes out of his way to commit a very similar murder to the one his daughter commits in order to confuse the authorities and give her an alibi (since she's far away at the time), which makes them believe it was someone else who committed them both. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Marshall, Brooks' id. | |
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Tragic Villain | |
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Tragic Villain: Brooks vehemently tries to overcome his addiction to murder, with occasional periods of success. | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
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Too Dumb to Live: It becomes painfully clear over the course of the film, that Mr. Smith never stood a chance against Mr. Brooks, and in fact signed his death warrant the moment he went to Brooks with the photos instead of the police. | |
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Non-Idle Rich | |
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Non-Idle Rich: Tracy Atwood inherited millions, but is still devoted to her career as a hard-working homicide detective. Brooks greatly admires this. | |
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Criminal Mind Games | |
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Criminal Mind Games | |
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Seen It All | |
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Seen It All: It becomes increasingly obvious in how he behaves around "Smith" that Brooks has seen an awful lot. | |
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Protagonist Title | |
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Protagonist Title: Mr. Brooks is the protagonist. | |
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Psychotic Smirk | |
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Psychotic Smirk: Mr. Brooks gives Mr. Smith a smile which comes off as this before killing him. | |
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Hypocrite | |
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Hypocrite: If Earl is really desperately trying to stop killing, why doesn't he take the most obvious way out and just turn himself in? Also, he is shown to enjoy killing people to the point of having an ecstatic rapture when he does it and he is clearly proud that he is so good at throwing the police off his scent. Marshall often calls him out on his BS. Brooks does tell Smith that he doesn't want his family humiliated by his arrest and trial though. | |
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Kubrick Stare | |
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Kubrick Stare: When Brooks puts his Batman Gambit into motion. | |
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Last-Name Basis | |
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Last-Name Basis: "Mr. Smith"/Mr. Baffert is only referred to as such during the film. Towards the end, if you pause the DVD and look at the newspaper in the coffee shop scene, you can see his first name is, amusingly, Graves. | |
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Hate Sink | |
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Hate Sink: Mr. Smith. While Brooks is presented as mostly sympathetic, and can be admired on some level for how brilliantly he plans everything out, Smith is arrogant, stupid, and an all-around sleazy scumbag. | |
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Self-Made Man | |
| Mr. Brooks / int_ed874c14 | comment |
Self-Made Man: Earl Brooks founded the highly successful Brooks Boxes, without even going to college. "Smith" also has money and a promising career. | |
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Talking to Themself | |
| Mr. Brooks / int_fb8b5014 | comment |
Talking to Themself: A particularly notable example. Mr. Brooks carries on long conversations with Marshall, who represents his urges to kill. | |
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Mr. Brooks |
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