Brother
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: July 20, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
10
Negative:
6
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38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Takeshi's elliptical directorial style here is overwhelmed by the script's crudeness and lack of narrative power. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Wretch of a B movie. Read full review
30
VarietyDavid Rooney
The mix feels flat and the story remains a fairly banal account of underworld exploits whose emotional gears never fully engage. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Critics tend to fawn over the Japanese director-star Takeshi Kitano (a.k.a. Beat Takeshi), but am I the only one who finds his films impossible to make heads or tails of? Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Watching this movie, you also have to ask yourself: Just how many acts of self-inflicted finger amputations do I really want to see? Read full review
10
Washington PostRita Kempley
Bewildering, tediously violent. Read full review
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