There are two sides to every family
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Cilfton Collins Jr., Bailee Madison, Sam Shepard, Mare Winningham, Taylor Geare |
Director |
Jim Sheridan |
Screenplay | David Benioff, from the Danish screenplay by Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen |
Music | Thomas Newman |
Cinematography | Frederick Elmes |
Editing | Jay Cassidy |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Made in | 2009 |
Produced by | Michael De Luca Productions, Palomar Pictures, Relativity Media |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Sibling rivalry shatters lives | 15 | |
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi | 15 | |
Cape Times Betsy Sharkey Setting the table for underdone fare | 5 | |
Box Office Pete Hammond With Brothers Sheridan has done the very fine Danish original proud and made an Oscar-worthy must-see movie for our times. | 15 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 18 | |
eye Weekly Adam Nyman | 10 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs As it stands, it's good, but the ironic thing is that the best moments in Brothers have to do with the young sisters in it. | 10 | |
Metacritic.com 30 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 105 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer It plays more like a traditional melodrama than the Susanne Bier film that inspired it, but Jim Sheridan's Brothers benefits from rock-solid performances by its three leads. | 11 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 5483 Netizens A triumph of acting over story | 15 | |
Average .. 63% | 13 |