Men in Black 3

Josh Brolin has a real talent for inhabiting the roles he takes on, whether it’s playing a cartoon cowboy come back from the dead to wreak bloody vengeance (Jonah Hex) or a privileged Texan brought up to take his daddy’s place n the White House in W. Watching him work, you completely forget the actor and the work he’s doing; you just surrender to the character he’s created. Nothing Brolin has done in the past, however, will prepare audiences for his latest creation. In Men in Black 3, Brolin plays a Young Agent K, which means he has to play the curmudgeonly Tommy Lee Jones as a young man. And he does it brilliantly. The actually Tommy Lee Jones is actually only on screen for a few minutes in the beginning and end of the movie, but Brolin’s performance makes you think he’s in every scene. He’s so enjoyable, in fact, and seems to be having so much fun doing it, that it’s kind of disappointing when the story winds down and the real grumpy old man reappears for the final curtain.