Brothers
Lionsgate | Release Date: December 4, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
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12
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17
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Sheridan’s actors work with their intellects fully engaged--and they engage us on levels we barely knew we had. Read full review
88
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Brothers is arguably the most successful remake of a foreign film since Martin Scorsese reworked "Infernal Affairs" into "The Departed" and won the Oscar. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This becomes Tobey Maguire's film to dominate, and I've never seen these dark depths in him before. Actors possess a great gift to surprise us, if they find the right material in their hands. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The film is gripping---an honorable and beautifully acted addition to the tradition of homefront war stories. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
A heartbreaking film that speaks to the lifelong aftershocks of war, and to the powerful bonds of family and of love. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Brothers has the careful observation, measured pace and lived-in feeling of a good European film. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
In exploring the complicated nature of family bonds, Brothers is thought-provoking. The wounds inflicted by the cruelty of a troubled parent can prove as painful as battle scars. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
It does take half the movie before the story --really kicks in. When it does, it'll knock the air out of you. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Shot for shot, Sheridan's approach isn't radically different from Bier's. And yet Bier gives us more to read between the lines: In her movie, there's an unspoken moodiness, a crackle of sexual tension, between Tommy and Grace's Danish counterparts. That understated but potent secret ingredient is missing from Sheridan's version, as sensitive and as artful as it is. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Bier's film succeeded on the merits of its actors, and this one offers fine performances by Portman and Gyllenhaal, but Maguire doesn't cut the mustard as the anguished military man. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
A smart, well-meaning project -- never quite pulls itself together. It has a vague, half-finished feeling, as if it had not figured out what it was trying to do. Which may amount to a kind of realism -- an accurate reflection of where we are in Afghanistan. Read full review
70
TimeRichard Corliss
Brothers isn't up there in the empyrean of classic movies, but it is a solid drama -- about a family at war with itself. Read full review
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