The Brothers Sun
Netflix | Release Date: January 4, 2024
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
DeciderRaven BrunnerJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: Falchuk and Wu managed to create a unique and addictive action-comedy that highlights veteran talent and a few fresh faces while seamlessly building the foundation of the complicated history between three very different people. Read full review
90
VarietyAramide TinubuJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: “The Brothers Sun” has the perfect mix of comedy and drama. .... Though it provides Yeoh a showcase that she’s more than earned, the series also introduces Chien and Li as two mega talents who will undoubtedly continue to grace our screens. Read full review
80
EmpireNicola AustinApr 26, 2024
Season 1 Review: One of 2024’s first binge-worthy shows. Come for another tour-de-force turn from Michelle Yeoh, stay for newcomer Justin Chien’s show-stealing breakout performance. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMax GaoJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: Despite a few foibles in its execution, The Brothers Sun is notable for its diversity of Asian characters, who run the gamut from (anti)hero to villain, making this action-packed dramedy series, all in all, a worthy star vehicle for Yeoh. Read full review
70
CNNBrian LowryJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: Ultimately, The Brothers Sun proves rewarding enough to justify the binge, even if it’s less the boys than Mother Sun, the title notwithstanding, who gives the series its shine. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: Although the end result feels like something less than the sum of its parts, it still yields enough fun to make Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk‘s action-comedy-drama as bingeable as a tray of freshly baked cookies. Read full review
70
TimeJudy BermanJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: Fast-paced, funny, and packed with inventive scenes of hand-to-hand combat, the first episode is auspicious. Thanks to a talented cast and wild action sequences, the show remains fairly entertaining throughout. Read full review
67
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: ‘Sun’ is strong enough that it should force us all to sit up and pay attention to what comes next. Family is messy and complicated, and “The Brothers Sun” certainly isn’t reinventing any new wheels, but it’s still a reasonably amusing series to kick off the new year with. Read full review
67
TV GuideGavia Baker-WhitelawJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: Going in with no particular expectations, The Brothers Sun comes as a pleasant surprise. Well-paced and featuring plenty of fun little subplots, it has enough heart — and enough specificity in its setting — that there's no need to overthink its sillier side. It's a chill choice for your first show of 2024. Read full review
63
The Mercury NewsRandy MyersJan 10, 2024
Season 1 Review: “The Brothers Sun” does ramble on, but when Yeoh and Chien bust out those fancy moves and gather around the family table with Song Li, its pure action/drama magic. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Hannah Jane ParkinsonSep 10, 2024
Season 1 Review: There are eight episodes, and while there's a risk that the unrelenting, full-throttle energy might veer the whole thing off the road before the series ends, the opening episodes suggest a fun ride. Read full review
60
The GuardianJack SealeJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: Whether you find The Brothers Sun a binge or a bore will depend on how receptive you are to a serious subtext about family obligations, and the eternal truth that kids and parents never really know each other as well as they like to think. .... If anyone can hold a show like this together it is Yeoh. Read full review
60
Paste MagazineShane RyanJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: It was never trying to be special, even though I wish it had. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: The quality of dialogue and storytelling in “The Brothers Sun,” despite much fun and electricity, proves a drag on many of her co-stars. Ms. Yeoh, meanwhile, levitates. Read full review
60
ColliderChase HutchinsonJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: The Brothers Sun is the type of series that feels like it has room to grow, as it leaves the door open for more, but it would also do well to recognize its greatest strengths in future seasons. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: A hodgepodge of a martial arts family dramedy, elevated by the presence and performance of Michelle Yeoh. Read full review
50
IndieWireBen TraversJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: If there are bones to be picked with the serviceable action series, it’s with the bones themselves — both those broken and those left untouched. “The Brothers Sun” spends more time with Charles but its heart belongs to Bruce. Read full review
50
IGNSteven Nguyen ScaifeJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: The Brothers Sun shows early promise by leaning into the comedy of its odd-couple pairings. But it neglects to flesh out those dynamics further, making a misguided shift to more dramatic storytelling fall even flatter. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Roxana HadadiJan 5, 2024
Season 1 Review: Yeoh barely breaks a sweat as she and her opponent throw each other around a cramped motel room. Yet The Brothers Sun can’t find its way out of the fight and into something more coherent. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJan 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: Aside from the presence of Michelle Yeoh, “The Brothers Sun” is an awful series that’s bad in almost every way. Read full review
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