Bier tries to give us bleeding humanity on a plate; the result is unpalatable.
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05/06/05
Brothers (2005)
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Reviews Counted:70
Fresh:62
Rotten:8
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: This tense, understated drama explores the complications of individual and social ethics stemming from the repercussions of war on one man and his family.
Theatrical Release:May 6, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $245,006
Synopsis: Connie Nielsen, who has played pivotal roles in such English-language films as GLADIATOR, THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, and RUSHMORE, is the powerful and emotional heart of BROTHERS, a moving Danish film... [More]
Starring: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nicolaj Lie Kass, Lene Maria Christensen
Director: Susanne Bier
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Reviews for Brothers
A profoundly affecting movie, one in which our sympathies lie with everyone.
06/09/05
Top Critic...about the kind of choices that we might make under duress â€" and about the sort of accommodations we must necessarily make with the difficult choices our loved ones make.
11/15/05
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10/16/06
The performances are impressive, especially Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Jannik and the very sympathetic Nielsen, who relishes the chance to show she's more than just a pretty face.
05/10/05
A beautifully considered marvel of screenwriting.
06/03/05
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10/17/06
The deficiencies of Brothers lie in its wholesale adoption of war film clichés and obvious plotting.
05/05/05
The wrenching “Brothers” is like “The Deer Hunter” for the War on Terror.
06/23/05
The two male leads, bulwarks of the Danish film industry for more than a decade, play off each other like the veterans they are.
08/12/05
This is the kind of movie that doesn't solve everything at the end -- that observes some situations are capable not of solution but only of accommodation.
05/20/05
Top CriticA talented director of ensembles and intimate scenes, Bier again proves herself a powerful, if occasionally overwrought, dramatist.
05/19/05
This story might have been a standard melodrama in less gifted hands, but Bier uses a leisurely pace and subtly stylized camera work to make it an intelligent, deeply moving exploration of social and individual ethics.
05/05/05
A tragedy affects a family in this taut tale.
05/10/05
As warm as her approach is to these people..., Bier never descends into cheap sentiment or soap opera simplicities.
05/18/05
A film potent enough to shock, but beguiling enough to intrigue.
05/26/05
Psychologically complex and never less than riveting.
05/27/05
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