Isn't a war movie. It's a movie about what happens after war, and in its own quiet way shows the toll war takes on not only the people overseas but those who stay home as well.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 31, 2021

Bier's original film, which was a ballsier, more political and far grittier take on this story, carried with it a heavier, more universal tone.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 4, 2020

The entire cast is first-rate, especially Maguire, who shows a lot of range in a really difficult role.

| Original Score: B | May 11, 2019

"Brothers" never goes as far as it should.

| Aug 9, 2018

Although Brothers is not a first-rate film, it informs us about the after-effects of war and is worth seeing while we wait for better ones to come along.

| Jan 16, 2018

... subtly yet brilliantly captures one soldier's fight to end the war in his mind months after leaving the battlefield.

| Original Score: A | Sep 12, 2017

Anyone fond of Danish director Susanne Bier's 2004 original should steer clear of this ill-advised though faithful remake by Jim Sheridan.

| Sep 24, 2014

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

A gritty sibling saga offers a strong reinforcement of the reality that, for many returned soldiers, some battle scars never heal.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2011

Well-acted war drama is too intense for kids.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 31, 2010

Brothers is that rare type of film; one that feels real and true, never forcing itself to conform to the expectations of what a movie should contain.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 21, 2010

Tobey Maguire's jaw seems squarer, his eyes electrified and - as Sam's features harden - like Robert De Niro circa "The Deer Hunter." When Sam snaps - all snarls, snot and spit - Maguire and Jim Sheridan place you in his percussive, throbbing psyche.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 25, 2010

Brothers has painful things on the brain, but it's the intimate moments that hit deepest in a story that shifts between the war in Afghanistan and pent-up family angst back in the good old U.S. of A.

| Jul 6, 2010

Brothers is a film that largely stands reality on its head.

| Jul 6, 2010

Brothers may look like another veteran adjusting to life at home movie, but the heart of this film is a rich exploration of family relationships.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 4, 2010

Serves as a reminder that Maguire and Portman are more than up to the task of handling much weightier and demanding material.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 16, 2010

Quite literally a kitchen sink drama, Brothers eschews the returning soldier platitudes as well as the conventional love triangle. Instead Sheridan sticks to the characters, letting the story unfold through some truly exceptional performances.

Full Review | Apr 14, 2010

A compassionate crafting of lost and found families in wartime, but a seemingly self-censored scenario with the US military establishment and its combat rationale as the troubling invisible elephant in the room.

| Apr 3, 2010

Remakes this good are one in a million.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 25, 2010

After being shot down in Afghanistan and presumed dead, a soldier's return home is fraught with emotional upheaval for his whole family.

| Mar 25, 2010