
Before leaving on his second tour in Afghanistan, Marine Captain Sam Cahill, a leader, an athlete, a good husband and father, welcomes his screw-up brother Tommy home from prison. He'd robbed a bank. In country, Sam's helicopter is shot down and all are presumed dead. Back home, while Sam wastes away as a prisoner in a remote encampment, Tommy tries to take care of the widow and her two children. While imprisoned, Sam experiences horrors unbearable, so when he's rescued and r... (Full plot summary below)
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Before leaving on his second tour in Afghanistan, Marine Captain Sam Cahill, a leader, an athlete, a good husband and father, welcomes his screw-up brother Tommy home from prison. He'd robbed a bank. In country, Sam's helicopter is shot down and all are presumed dead. Back home, while Sam wastes away as a prisoner in a remote encampment, Tommy tries to take care of the widow and her two children. While imprisoned, Sam experiences horrors unbearable, so when he's rescued and returns home, he's silent, detached, without affect, and he's convinced his wife and brother have slept together. Demons of war possess him; what will silence them?
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis becomes Tobey Maguire's film to dominate, and I've never seen these dark depths in him before. Actors possess a great gift to surprise us, if they find the right material in their hands. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaA heartbreaking film that speaks to the lifelong aftershocks of war, and to the powerful bonds of family and of love. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliBrothers is arguably the most successful remake of a foreign film since Martin Scorsese reworked "Infernal Affairs" into "The Departed" and won the Oscar. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSheridan’s actors work with their intellects fully engaged--and they engage us on levels we barely knew we had. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe film is gripping---an honorable and beautifully acted addition to the tradition of homefront war stories. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinJim Sheridan's handsome but overwrought remake of the superior Danish film Brodre by Susanne Bier suffers the usual vulgarizations associated with transposing a foreign film to the American cineplex ... |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleBrothers has the careful observation, measured pace and lived-in feeling of a good European film. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigIn exploring the complicated nature of family bonds, Brothers is thought-provoking. The wounds inflicted by the cruelty of a troubled parent can prove as painful as battle scars. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanIt does take half the movie before the story --really kicks in. When it does, it'll knock the air out of you. |
| Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesBier's film succeeded on the merits of its actors, and this one offers fine performances by Portman and Gyllenhaal, but Maguire doesn't cut the mustard as the anguished military man. |