Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 71
Fresh: 63 | Rotten: 8
This tense, understated drama explores the complications of individual and social ethics stemming from the repercussions of war on one man and his family.
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 2
This tense, understated drama explores the complications of individual and social ethics stemming from the repercussions of war on one man and his family.
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Two brothers unwittingly exchange roles under the fog of war in this powerful drama. Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) and Jannick (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) are two brothers who have always meshed as well as oil and water. Michael is a caring husband and father who risen to the rank of major in the Danish Army, while Jannick is an alcoholic with a violent streak who has been in and out of prison much of his life. Jannick has just been released after serving time for armed robbery when Michael learns he's being
Aug 27, 2004 Wide
Sep 20, 2005
$0.2M
IFC Films
All Critics (82) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (63) | Rotten (8) | DVD (10)
A profoundly affecting movie, one in which our sympathies lie with everyone.
Feels like an amalgam of newsreel and stage drama, but with the most potent aspects of both art forms.
Keeps itself floating above the suds thanks to Bier's crisp and lively visual design, the general loveliness of her cast ... and her attention to small moments of arresting domestic authenticity.
A powerful, brutal, funny, tragic, vibrant, very human movie.
A beautifully considered marvel of screenwriting.
Though Brothers is at times unexpectedly harrowing, it is neither a preachy anti-war diatribe nor a triangulated domestic drama, but it does show how even little wars can disrupt the most harmonious families.
if every film I see is as satisfying a complex human drama as this, I wouldn't have much to gripe about.
Un drama familiar intimista y bien actuado sobre los efectos que puede producir un trauma en la vida de las personas, y sobre la oportunidad de cambiar.
A poignant reminder that social issues, in the end, are personal matters.
One brother, recently released from prison, befriends his brother's wife, while the latter is believed dead in Afghanistan.We watch no film in a vacuum. The films we've seen in the past inevitably affect how we view new films. In this case, I couldn't help but compare the original Danish version of this story to the
November 27, 2011
Super Reviewer
Incredibly compelling take on the consequences of war and how it affects the family, in particular the relationship between the two brothers. Contains a great performance from Ulrich Thomsen and and the brilliant Connie Nielsen. This is film making at its absolute best, just a shame Bier doesn't do more films-I must
November 28, 2006Super Reviewer
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