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Brothers

Dir. Max Barbakow · United States of America · English

A cast of good actors are wasted in this cheap slapstick comedy

Our take by Renee Cuisia

Brothers is simply a bad film. The jokes are mediocre and the plot is thin, if not invisible. The only thing it has going for it is the cast, who, individually are great but together, in this film, are unbelievably unfunny. Except perhaps for Glenn Close, who seems to be the only one capable enough to sell her character. Everyone else is either over-the-top bad—you can count Marisa Tomei and Brendan Fraser in this category—or zero-effort bad—here you can include the leads. I can’t imagine anyone enjoying the experience of watching this movie, much less having the stomach to finish it. But maybe a few cinephiles who grew up adoring The Goonies or Tarzan will enjoy some of the references made. Otherwise, you’d do well to hide this movie from your homepage. If you can ask Prime Video to never recommend it to you ever again, even better.

What happens

A reformed criminal's attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother on a road trip for the score of a lifetime. Dodging bullets, the law, and an overbearing mother along the way, they must heal their severed family bond before they end up killing each other.

What the critics said

Notable Critics

"It’s a pretty good movie that, thanks mainly to its performances, has a lot more life than you might expect."

— Matt Zoller Seitz

More about it

What happens

Twin brothers Jady (Peter Dinklage) and Moke (Josh Brolin) rob for a living, but when Moke decides to quit the criminal life for his family, Jady asks for one last favor.

What sets it apart

Just what the hell was that scene with the monkey and Brolin? I feel violated. I want to cleanse my eyes and forget I ever saw that. Also, I’ve never been a fan of Fraser’s school of scream acting, so watching him do his thing here is torture. I had to check to make sure my ears weren’t bleeding anytime he was on.

TL;DR

Don’t waste your time, just skip this one.

Awards

Cannes

1 win

Won: UCMF Film Music Award

Sundance

1 win · 1 nom

Won: Audience Award (World Cinema Dramatic Competition)Nominated: World Cinema

European Film Awards

8 noms

Nominated: Best European Actor (Audience Award)Nominated: Best European Actress (Audience Award)Nominated: European ActorNominated: European ActressNominated: European ComposerNominated: European DirectorNominated: European FilmNominated: European Screenwriter

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Renee Cuisia

Renee Cuisia

Renee Cuisia is the lead curator at A Good Movie to Watch. In her spare time, she likes to watch K-dramas and analyze them to death. She's also seen You've Got Mail one too many times but is still convinced it's one of the greatest films out there.