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Brothers

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When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2009-12-02

Runtime: 105 mins

Director: Jim Sheridan

Writer: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Thriller, War

Original title: Brothers

Production Companies: Lionsgate, Relativity Media, Sighvatsson Films, Michael De Luca Productions, Palomar Pictures, Mandate International

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Tobey Maguire

Jake Gyllenhaal

Natalie Portman

Sam Shepard

Mare Winningham

Bailee Madison

Taylor Geare

Patrick John Flueger

Clifton Collins Jr.

Carey Mulligan

Omid Abtahi

Navid Negahban

Ethan Suplee

Arron Shiver

Reviews

SoSmooth1982

I don't know what the point of this movie is. Just a guy who's crazy from ptsd. There's no point to the movie at all.

2023-05-01

moki

One of those films where once again there is a huge difference between the critics' and the viewers' assessment. Which one will you choose? In the genre of war films, I'm slowly leaning towards the critic. In 'Brothers' each of the characters seems overdrawn to me. No one reveals anything surprising, everyone fulfills their cliché. The story strictly follows the black and white stereotype of the situation in Afghanistan, completely disregarding being coherent. A Marine has been missing for less than a year and his family is already living 3 chapters after that? If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the movie - because it underscores all the clichés you're promised in a good 2 hours. On a positive note, it has become a fast paced piece of work. But I got about as excited by the production as I did watching campfire TV at night.

2021-02-16

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