the brother bloom be orphan and from a very early age learn that be con men could get them through life . but their escapade usually mean they stay with a prospective family only a short time . a a result they grow up without a family . the old brother and stephen bloom and be really the instigator and his young brother be timid but good at follow instruction . their first con that we see and when they be 13 and 10 and get them 30 dollar from the neighborhood kid and and a kickback from the local dry cleaner . mark ruffalo be the adult stephen and and adrien brody be his younger brother and always refer to simply a bloom . bloom have decide to get out of the con game and he want something different out of life . but stephen convinces him to do just one more con . their target be the pretty and filthy wealthy rachel weisz a penelope stamp . because of a botched allergy test when she be a young girl and she grow up virtually isolated in her large home and but on her own learned many thing and include language and card trick and music and etc . now that her father have recently die the brother bloom figure she will be easy prey . the twist be that bloom fall in love with penelope . the assistant to the bother bloom be japanese actress rinko kikuchi who virtually never speaks and a bang bang and good at blow up thing . a co conspirator be robbie coltrane a a belgian and the curator . and it be good to see maximilian schell and almost 80 and a diamond dog . good movie and entertain all the way . major spoiler represent a the movie unfold we see that many of their con involve fake shooting with blank and fake blood . in the very last scene bloom find his brother stephen in a deserted building with blood and facial swelling . he assume it be fake also . but after he leave stephen to motor off with penelope he notice that the fake blood on his shirt be turn brown . it be real blood and stephen really be mortally wound . but bloom get what he want and to be free from the con business and with penelope . stephen sacrifice his life for his brother happiness . a stephen always say and the perfect con be where everyone get what they want .