What starts as a taut urban crime drama quickly sags into lurid after-school-special sentimentality.
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03/15/07
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My Brother (2007)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:3
Rotten:7
Average Rating:4.5/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 16, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Two Brothers, One Soul... My Brother is an inner city, New York, story, of two impoverished boys, one of whom is developmentally disabled, and the bond of love they have for each other. This... [More]
Starring: Vanessa Williams, Tatum O'Neal, Nashawn Kearse, Fredro Starr
Director: Anthony Lover
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1 - 10 (sorted by rotten rating)
A moralistic black drama that makes its points with a heavy hand and unconvincing story developments.
03/24/07
Top CriticStory loses momentum in a wave of heavy-handed messages.
03/16/07
A young man takes an awfully long time to discover what the audience already knows -- that his disabled brother is the most precious thing in his life -- in My Brother.
03/20/07
Has no shortage of heart, but it has been so clumsily organized and falls back so often on clichéd storytelling that any early goodwill quickly morphs into resentment.
04/05/07
My Brother is brimming with would-be life lessons. But the movie goes in so many directions, and follows through on so few of them, that all it transmits is a vague glow. It's watered-down chicken soup for the soul.
03/15/07
[A] torpid, independently made urban melodrama.
03/15/07
My Brother is a brave little film, with the emphasis on little. Shot on a shoestring, it lacks the polish of many indie efforts but compensates with bold casting and a big heart.
03/16/07
Top CriticA moving and meaningful melodrama about a blood bond tested by the trials and tribulations of trying to survive in the inner-city.
03/14/07
Its earnest tone, moving orchestral score and strong cast carry it past the rough patches.
03/16/07
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