BROTHERS — ReThink Review

Hollywood has had little success addressing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Films critical of the wars like RENDITION, REDACTED, and LIONS FOR LAMBS flopped at the box office, so Hollywood has moved its focus to the struggles of individual soldiers and their families with movies like THE MESSENGER and THE HURT LOCKER. The latest example of this is BROTHERS, the story of how a screw-up younger brother tries to fill the void left when his soldier older brother goes missing in Afghanistan, only to return home months later with a severely wounded psyche. With acclaimed director Jim Sheridan at the helm and starring three of the best young actors of their generation, can BROTHERS shake the war drama curse? In a word, NO.

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[movieman175]

the movie is not about why we are there it has nothing to do with it so it should not come in to play in a review

[LiquerLollypop]

Okay lets look back on some things here about this movie.

1. We have 3 FANTASTIC actors in this movie.

2.The director makes things very eerie by killing off Sam then bringing him back to life insane (Which by the way Toby plays a great roll in.)

3.I dont really point out these things but the score in the movie is SO phenomenal

4.And last but not least the director brigs intensity and excitement to the film.

I do not see what the problem with this movie is.

[popaddict]

If you think this film is about "addressing" the war on Iraq and Afghanistan then you've completely missed the point of the film. No use trying to critique it if you haven't grasped the subtext underlying the premise of the film. Its about people's relationships falling apart under an extreme scenario that just happens to be war. It didn't need to address any political issues.

[threatz911]

like anyone cares what a gook says or two fags who played wannabe soldiers both theses pretty boys fags would shit themselves in a real firefight STFU YOU JAP..

[SBPNZ]

I see it as a film about PTSD, not a film about the war itself. Theres plenty of that crap out there.

Review starts off well then suddenly takes a different direction...

[FrerardBigFan]

This is a really great movie, Tobey's performence is shoking! People, just admit when you're enjoying a movie or when it touches you, you don't have to compare it to other movies. "Brothers" is a great movie by its own terms, not as compared to others.

[stpurbtchn]

You're such a liberal puke, if you can't understand why the US is kickin' butt over there in AFG then go to Ground Zero you anti-American idiot.

[HimmuraTube]

the same critique of this movie not explaining the war is turned into a complement for The Hurtlocker for not explaining the war also.

[godofreud]

This review  is PLAIN BIASED PROPAGANDA

[CollegeLoheart]

@berettaboy2

Yes, I agree, about the war discussion.