Agnes and His Brothers

Name: Agnes and His Brothers
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: June 9, 2006
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Herbert Knaup, Katja Riemann, Martin Weiß, Moritz Bleibtreu, Tom Schilling

2006

METASCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

No score yet

tbd

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

tbd	Your Score
tbd	User Score No score yet

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Movie Details & Credits

First Run Features | Release Date: June 9, 2006

Starring: Herbert Knaup, Katja Riemann, Martin Weiß, Moritz Bleibtreu, Tom Schilling

Summary: Agnes and his brothers have little in common, except an eccentric old father, relationship problems that are totally screwing up their lives, and a distinct possibility those two things are connected. (First Run Features)

Director: Oskar Roehler

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Runtime: 115 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Stream On

Buy on

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Andrew O'Hehir

Roehler mixes cheap sex humor, existential darkness, buffoonish satire and profound tenderness in almost classic proportions. Maybe this is too uneven to be a masterpiece, but it's somewhere close. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

It's a slick, ambitious movie that doesn't always nail all the many moods and themes it's after. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Roehler aims scattershot barbs at so many targets, from political hypocrisy to suburban entitlement, that he often misses. But whenever he takes the time to line up his toxic arrows, usually with the help of a compellingly squirmy Bleibtreu, he hits the bull's-eye. Read full review

Andrea Gronvall

This scathing study of middle-class angst plays like a cross between Buñuel and Almodovar, but the satire never achieves liftoff despite the actors' best efforts. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The results isn't especially engaging, despite a quietly charismatic performance by Weiss, a relative newcomer who holds his own against far more experienced actors. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Dysfunctional families don't come much more messed up than the one in Agnes and His Brothers, a comic drama from Germany. Read full review

Dennis Lim

The title's pointedly incorrect pronoun is typical of the film's obtuse childishness. Read full review

SEE ALL 11 REVIEWS

User Score

Write a Review

tbd

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

No reviews yet.