- Network: ABC
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 24, 2006
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A network series potentially good enough to be on HBO.
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There are precious few signs of trouble or uncertainty in the polished, instantaneously seductive finished product on display in its first episode.
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The promise of grown up storytelling is alluring. This is a series to watch to see if it grows.
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With fun, familiar faces like Field, Flockhart and Griffiths on board, attending a family reunion with the Walkers every Sunday could be a lively, entertaining way to end the weekend.
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Once "Brothers & Sisters" gets started, it works, and it works well.
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TV desperately needs a straightforward drama that explores family dynamics without some imposed gimmick, and Brothers & Sisters could just be the show to fill that bill.
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Despite cast changes, rewrites, and producer musical chairs, this brainy soap checks in with promise.
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Meeting the Walker clan and getting a glimpse at their personal lives... is like being led to a table of tantalizing appetizers. Even as you take a sample of these introductory delights, you’re wondering whether the main course will live up to your expectations.
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On the glossy surface, it’s an earnestly predictable but impeccably produced soap opera. [13 Sep 2006]
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Ms. Flockhart... is not convincing as a woman of conviction. And that is too bad, because “Brothers and Sisters” has wit and grace.
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The pilot was reshot, and it shows--the timing lurches and scenes grind into each other. [22 Sep 2006, p.90]
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"Brothers & Sisters" establishes itself as little more than a family gathering you should have no interest in attending. Their dialogue sounds real, but not much of it sounds interesting.
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The pilot has a "Steel Magnolias" feel to it: Too many stars, too many faces, too many names, a cornucopia of character business.
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The good news is that "Brothers & Sisters" isn't even remotely a disaster. The bad news is that it isn't even remotely a success either.
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What should be a juicy family soap opera -- the family in question owns a food company -- comes off as a blah banquet.
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"Brothers & Sisters" may find a way to streamline its storytelling and allow viewers to more easily sort out the huge cast of characters (there are at least 10 series regulars), or it may remain an unwieldy mess. Time will tell.
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"Brothers & Sisters"... has all the traditional themes of unhappy marriage, unmet parental expectations, unexpected financial chicanery and (possibly) unfaithfulness. It deals with them convincingly, though not with any great depth or insight.
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A work in progress.
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File this under "We'll See."
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Based on the first episode... we're talking predictable prime-time soap.
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The show wants to mix in big themes (politics, money) with a family soap opera, but it just feels bloated and vague. [25 Sep 2006, p.43]
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A clutter of clunky dialogue that sucks the life out of [Flockhart] and other usually skilled actors.
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The show seems as if it desperately yearns to be a worthy companion to "Housewives" but lacks the requisite bite, despite political references meant to feel edgy that prove mostly banal.
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It's the sort of talky tedious drama that is far less intelligent than it clearly thinks it is.
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An incoherent, almost unwatchable mess.
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If you're looking for the deep emotional truths that the creators of ABC's would-be heart-tugger imagine they're after, well, pro wrestling might be a good choice.
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Not a single note in the premiere of "Brothers & Sisters" rings true.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 132 out of 172
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Mixed: 11 out of 172
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Negative: 29 out of 172
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veeb.May 18, 2007well done dysfunctional family drama. nice cast.
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KenHSep 26, 2006
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Dec 17, 2016