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Bad Behavior.(Mr. Brooks)(Movie review)
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Alfred Hitchcock used to complain about moviegoers who refused to yield to the pleasures of narrative. "The plausibles," he called them--viewers who, rather than enjoying one of his stories about two ordinary people caught up in some sort of sinister affair, would nag at minor details or ask, "Why don't they call the cops?" To narrative filmmakers, the plausibles ask the wrong questions and make the wrong demands. They should care not whether a thriller is absolutely consistent but whether it gives good, nasty jolts. "Mr. Brooks," a new thriller starring Kevin Costner, is a challenge to the literal-minded. A local celebrity ...
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