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

Despite strong performances from the leads, when it comes to pacing and power, it's the Danish original that edges it. Still, a sturdy and affecting remake that brings a powerful story to an even wider audience.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 22, 2010

It takes two-thirds of the film for any scene of real emotional truth or power to emerge - and by then we're lost.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2010

Brothers is a movie of moments (some of which are fine indeed) that never quite coalesce into a credible or satisfying whole.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2010

Like mainstream Hollywood with a weird dollop of painful arthouse drama.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2010

The film feels like a spirit-sapping tour of duty: lightweight stars doing Big Emotions.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2010

While Brothers is raw in its realism and loud in its chest-beating, it's still mechanically cold to watch.

Full Review | Jan 22, 2010

The result, wavering between intensity and bombast, is part Eugene O'Neill, part topical 온라인카지노추천 movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 22, 2010

Maguire and Gyllenhaal give honest performances, though they don't really convince as blood. Carey Mulligan, our own current darling, makes a brief but telling appearance as a war widow.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 22, 2010

A powerful watch that tellingly melts away to nothing as the credits roll.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 22, 2010

As rowdy, democratic and open-ended as a Robert Altman saga, Brothers breathes life into the clichés surrounding traumatised vets.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 22, 2010

A mish-mash of great performances that don't quite add up to a great movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 22, 2010

As thin as the emotional conundrums facing the Cahills can feel they still are often able to connect despite the screenplay's melodramatic overtones and emotional shortcomings.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 28, 2009

In this plodding the war-at-home drama, a lip gloss-wearing Portman is miscast as a suburban mom. And though Maguire and Gyllenhaal succeed as brothers, Maguire works too hard -- and Gyllenhaal is tragically underutilized.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 9, 2009

A soap opera ensues with more clichés than one movie can survive.

Full Review | Dec 8, 2009

Brothers, the new home-from-the-war film, written by David Benioff and directed by Jim Sheridan, has been made with obvious devotion and sincerity, and I wish I could take it seriously.

| Dec 7, 2009

When Carey Mulligan (the breakout star of An Education) pops up in a cameo, you realize how rich the film would be with her in the lead.

| Original Score: C | Dec 5, 2009