An intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows Jake's exploits as he risks everything-including his life-to tell his brothers' story. Often humorous, but sometimes downright lethal, it is a remarkable journey where Jake embeds with four combat units in Iraq. Unprecedented access to US and Iraqi combat units take him behind... (Full plot summary below)
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An intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows Jake's exploits as he risks everything-including his life-to tell his brothers' story. Often humorous, but sometimes downright lethal, it is a remarkable journey where Jake embeds with four combat units in Iraq. Unprecedented access to US and Iraqi combat units take him behind the camouflage curtain with secret reconnaissance troops on the Syrian border, into sniper "hide sites" in the Sunni Triangle, through raging machine gun battles with the Iraqi Army. Ultimately, the film follows his brothers home where separations and life-threatening work ripple through their parents, siblings, wives, and children. It is a rare look at the bonds and service of our soldiers on the front lines and the profound effects their service has on the loved ones they leave behind.
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| Washington TimesSonny BunchCombining footage from the home front and the front lines, Brothers at War is the first comprehensive examination of life in Iraq through the eyes of a soldier and his loved ones. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAn honest, on-the-ground documentary about the lives of Americans fighting there. It has no spin. It's not left or right. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinIt’s practically a feature-length infomercial for the military. |
| New York PostKyle SmithThis documentary, which begins at a low key, gradually becomes intense and psychologically complicated. |
| Washington PostDan ZakThere are much better Iraq documentaries than this one, but Brothers at War distinguishes itself by peering out over the emotional chasm between soldiers and their families. |
| NPRBob MondelloAllowed remarkable access, presumably because of the familial connections, Rademacher comes up with compellingly unfamiliar documentary footage. |
| Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesIt's the epitome of an embedded war report, though Rademacher's at-ease scenes with the soldiers have some of the warmth and terse humor of Ernie Pyle's, and there's some hair-raising footage of a machine-gun firefight. |
| Boxoffice MagazineMatthew NestelThe thoughtful work walks a few paces in soldiers' boots. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanHe does accomplish his main task, to take us into places civilians rarely go, and give witness to the immense challenges soldiers like his brothers face every second they’re required to be at war. |
| VarietyAlissa SimonProvides some interesting perspectives but also veers dangerously close to vanity project. |
