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Brothers
2024 89 min United States of America R 16+
★5.4
Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Max Barbakow
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Description
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.
Starring
Josh Brolin
Actor
Peter Dinklage
Actor
Taylour Paige
Actor
Awards
1 nomination total
Key opinion
Brothers is widely regarded as a significant disappointment, especially given the pedigree of its cast and director. While a few viewers find moderate humor and charm in the performances, the general consensus points toward a derivative script and uninspired execution that fails to live up to the potential of its talented ensemble.
| Acting | The film features a high-caliber ensemble cast, including Brolin, Dinklage, Close, and Fraser, yet they are largely underserved by the material. | |
| Screenplay | The script leans heavily on uninspired genre tropes, essentially functioning as a lackluster and derivative retread of classic buddy comedies like 'Twins'. | |
| Humor | The comedy is inconsistent, oscillating between viewers who find it a satisfying, lighthearted home-watch and those who dismiss the humor as predictable, vulgar, or entirely absent. | |
| Direction | Director Max Barbakow fails to recapture the spark of his previous work, with opinions split on whether his direction provides necessary dynamism or feels indifferent and dated. |