7 Chinese Brothers

Name: 7 Chinese Brothers
Genre: Comedy
Released: August 28, 2015
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 56

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Screen Media Films | Release Date: August 28, 2015

Summary: Larry (Jason Schwartzman) is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glorious shores of an undiscriminating Quick-Lube. Taking a part-time job vacuuming and washing windshields, Larry finds himself mixed up with hostile co-workers and unsatisfied customers, while also finding himself smittenLarry (Jason Schwartzman) is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glorious shores of an undiscriminating Quick-Lube. Taking a part-time job vacuuming and washing windshields, Larry finds himself mixed up with hostile co-workers and unsatisfied customers, while also finding himself smitten with his lovely boss, Lupe Torrez (Eleanore Pienta). Will Larry keep it together long enough to win the girl, provide for man's best friend (his dog Arrow), and do his grandmother (Olympia Dukakis) proud?… Expand

Director: Bob Byington

Genre(s): Comedy

Runtime: 76 min

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Sara Stewart

Aug 26, 2015

Feels like an homage to the early work of Wes Anderson with its plinky soundtrack, solipsistic banter and emphasis on uniforms. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Aug 27, 2015

Drifting and sweet, 7 Chinese Brothers (like Mr. Byington’s gentle 2009 love story, “Harmony and Me”) leaves a melancholy but hopeful aftertaste. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Sep 2, 2015

With 7 Chinese Brothers, Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington has made his most accessible film yet. The humor is less arch than in his previous comedies (among them Somebody up There Likes Me, Harmony and Me, and RSO [Registered Sex Offender]), and it’s plentiful and less diffuse than in his earlier works. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Sep 3, 2015

Jason Schwartzman has become, without question, the go-to actor when you want a character with off-putting, even annoying traits, yet need to have the audience side with him just enough not to want to strangle him. Read full review

Noel Murray

Aug 26, 2015

Bob Byington’s 7 Chinese Brothers is no "Listen Up Philip," but it’s an amiable enough slacker comedy, boosted by its star. Read full review

Staff (Not credited)

Sep 2, 2015

The movie’s soundtrack is excellent. Too bad that it’s one of the only things this cinematic portrait of a serial screw-up has going for it. Read full review

Jeff Baker

Sep 10, 2015

Jason Schwartzman is upstaged by his dog in 7 Chinese Brothers. Read full review

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kirsten123

Jul 3, 2016

This is a tough one to score.

All I can say is if you're in the mood for a very offbeat, humorous, somewhat touching but largely inconsequential movie this may be for you.

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carlossolrac

Dec 13, 2018

Sort of like the movie you and your stoner friends always wanted to write but unlike you and your lazy ilk, Jason Schwartzman is related to Francis Ford Coppola and Nick Cage and can greenlight anything, anytime.

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JLuis_001

Mar 28, 2022

Jason Schwartzman is one of those actors who seems to be pigeon-holed into one image and acting style, but yet, even when he doesn't seem to be taking any acting risks, he manages to do a good job and not become a cliché.
That's a really tricky thing.
Now, the only problem with that, isJason Schwartzman is one of those actors who seems to be pigeon-holed into one image and acting style, but yet, even when he doesn't seem to be taking any acting risks, he manages to do a good job and not become a cliché.
That's a really tricky thing.

Now, the only problem with that, is that despite doing things well, Schwartzman gets trapped in roles like the one in this film. Indie to the core, but with absolutely nothing special to stand out.… Expand

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