Brothers

Brothers is the type of film that I would usually wait to see when it came out on DVD. Despite a terrible trailer, I kept hearing good things about the movie and decided to give it a chance. Brothers isn't a perfect movie, but it does a lot of things very well and works as a whole.

In hindsight, I shouldn't have been too surprised that Brothers is a decent movie given the amount of talent on display. Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, and Jake Gyllenhaal are some of the best young actors working, and director Jim Sheridan has a very solid track record. Their characters are the core of the film and they do a fantastic job of drawing the audience into their lives. At times Brothers is a little predictable, but its portrayal of a family dealing with loss is very well done. 3.5/5

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