The Brothers McMullen (1995)
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Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 32 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Synopsis: Two main issues are complicating the lives of the Irish, Long Island-based, working-class McMullen brothers: Catholicism and women. Jack is the married oldest brother who's cheating on his perfect wife. Barry is the relationship-wary middle brother who, to his surprise and dismay,... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jack Mulcahy, Mike McGlone, Edward Burns, Connie Britton, Maxine Bahns
Director: Edward Burns
Screenwriter: Edward Burns
Producer: Edward Burns, Ted Hope, James Schamus, Dick Fisher
Composer: Seamus Egan
Screenwriter: Edward Burns
Producer: Edward Burns, Ted Hope, James Schamus, Dick Fisher
Composer: Seamus Egan
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It's easy to see what attracted Redford to Burns' first film. Burns' dialogue is natural and witty. Burns films with the gritty immediacy of a documentary, slipping a boom mic above backyard conversations over beers.
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03/25/07
It's the sprightly profane dialogue, the dirty talk of the brothers about love and religion, that gives this otherwise old-fashioned comedy (imitative of Woody Allen) a modern feel and winsome drive, keeping it from getting stale.
04/30/06
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02/09/06
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A good Movie of the Week. Engaging, a bit soapy, but with real circumstance & intelligent/plausable chat. However, tidies up too neatly in the end.
03/22/05
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08/30/04
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