The Story

“Motherless Brooklyn” follows Lionel Essrog (Norton), a lonely private detective living with with Tourette Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Armed only with a few clues and the engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance. In a mystery that carries him from gin-soaked jazz clubs in Harlem to the hard-edged slums of Brooklyn and, finally, into the gilded halls of New York's power brokers, Lionel contends with thugs, corruption and the most dangerous man in the city to honor his friend and save the woman who might be his own salvation.

Rating

M

Duration

144 min

Cast

Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Fisher Stevens, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Michael Kenneth Williams, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Cherry Jones, Dallas Roberts, Josh Pais, Robert Ray Wisdom

Director

Edward Norton