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Brothers

Overview


Genre :

Drama, War

Release Date :

December 04, 2009

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Jim Sheridan

Starring :

Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare, Mare Winningham, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins Jr., Carey Mulligan, Patrick Flueger, Jenny Wade, Luce Rains, Omid Abtahi

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..thought-provoking..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4

“..never achieves the naturalistic impact of the original..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
Review rate : C+

“..lumbering and heavy-handed..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 4

“..just a juicy entertainment..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
3.5 of 4

“..heartbreaking..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
2 of 4

“..feels like an artifact from the '70s..”
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]
3.5 of 4

“..Brothers is arguably the most successful remake of a foreign film since Martin Scorsese reworked Infernal Affairs into The Departed and won the Oscar..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2 of 4

“..an almost-good movie weakened by its desire to have a major impact, as melodramatic material is heated to boiling over..”
by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]
2 of 4

“..a knockout..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
2 of 4

“.."Brothers" is as disappointing as it is redundant..”
by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by Norm Schrager [Filmcritic.com]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Pete Hammond [Boxoffice Magazine]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
Review rate : C+
Reviewed by Scott Tobias [Onion AV Club]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]

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