Brothers
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When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
What critics thought
Jim Sheridan's remake lands in mixed territory: critics largely agreed the three leads — particularly Tobey Maguire — bring genuine intensity, but divided sharply over whether Sheridan's direction earns that effort or buries it under melodramatic excess. Compared to Susanne Bier's Danish original, the film was seen by many as a safer, more conventional piece of work.
“I've never seen these dark depths in him before.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Sheridan's actors work with their intellects fully engaged—and they engage us on levels we barely knew we had.”
David Edelstein·New York Magazine
“Brothers isn't badly acted, but as directed by the increasingly impersonal Jim Sheridan, it's lumbering and heavy-handed, a film that piles on overwrought dramatic twists until it begins to creak under the weight of its presumed significance.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Drama, Thriller, War
Cast & Crew
Jim SheridanDirector
Tobey MaguireCapt. Sam Cahill
Jake GyllenhaalTommy Cahill
Natalie PortmanGrace Cahill
Sam ShepardHank Cahill
Mare WinninghamElsie Cahill
Bailee MadisonIsabelle Cahill
Taylor GeareMaggie Cahill
Patrick John FluegerPrivate Joe Willis
Clifton Collins Jr.Major Cavazos
Carey MulliganCassie Willis
Omid AbtahiYusuf
Navid NegahbanMurad
Thomas NewmanComposer
David BenioffWriter
Anders Thomas JensenWriter
Susanne BierWriter
Frederick ElmesCinematographyBrothers
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
What critics thought
Jim Sheridan's remake lands in mixed territory: critics largely agreed the three leads — particularly Tobey Maguire — bring genuine intensity, but divided sharply over whether Sheridan's direction earns that effort or buries it under melodramatic excess. Compared to Susanne Bier's Danish original, the film was seen by many as a safer, more conventional piece of work.
“I've never seen these dark depths in him before.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Sheridan's actors work with their intellects fully engaged—and they engage us on levels we barely knew we had.”
David Edelstein·New York Magazine
“Brothers isn't badly acted, but as directed by the increasingly impersonal Jim Sheridan, it's lumbering and heavy-handed, a film that piles on overwrought dramatic twists until it begins to creak under the weight of its presumed significance.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Drama, Thriller, War
Cast & Crew
Jim SheridanDirectorTobey MaguireCapt. Sam CahillJake GyllenhaalTommy CahillNatalie PortmanGrace CahillSam ShepardHank CahillMare WinninghamElsie CahillBailee MadisonIsabelle CahillTaylor GeareMaggie CahillPatrick John FluegerPrivate Joe WillisClifton Collins Jr.Major CavazosCarey MulliganCassie WillisOmid AbtahiYusufNavid NegahbanMuradThomas NewmanComposerDavid BenioffWriterAnders Thomas JensenWriterSusanne BierWriterFrederick ElmesCinematographyStream