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Brothers, The

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 23 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Romance
Written by: Gary Hardwick
Directed by: Gary Hardwick
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 23, 2001
DVD: July 31, 2001
Running Time: 106 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong sexual content and language
Starring Bill Bellamy, Morris Chestnut, D.L. Hughley, Shemar Moore, Gabrielle Union, Tatyana Ali, and Julie Benz
Traces the hilarious journey of four African-American men as they take on love, sex, friendship and two of life's most terrifying prospects -- honesty and commitment. (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Washington Post Desson Thomson
A politically incorrect but often hilarious jam session, in which men and women trade insults like musical licks.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The movie's a mixed bag, but worth seeing for the good stuff, which is a lesson in how productive it can be to allow characters to say what they might actually say.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
The pace is fast, many of the performers are attractive, and even the end-credits montage is zippier than usual.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Rita Kempley
A lively, affectionate and well-acted romantic comedy, takes a raunchy look at relationships from the black male perspective.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
What saves the film is the charm and earthy humor the actors wring from the spectacle of these four guys getting an early jump on their midlife crises.
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Overall, The Brothers is glossy fun, but it should have given us more ideas and energy.
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
A feeling man's buddy story that's user-friendly to men and women alike.
Film.com Robert Horton
Hughley and Jones have an explosively comic chemistry together; her kooky, open-faced looks are a counterpoint to his whipcrack improvisations.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
The psychological and psychoanalytical probes into sexual and emotional problems keep this reasonably lively.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Wesley Morris
Less like watching a movie than it is like being accosted by one.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Jan Stuart
While all of the actors are excellent, we sat up whenever Gabrielle Union walked on screen. As the ever-sensible woman who disrupts Jackson's bachelorhood, she projects the pluck, gravitas and beauty of a younger Alfre Woodard.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
No matter how quotable the one-liners, the movie remains a far stretch from truth or insight.
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Basically a Lifetime movie that somehow found its way into theaters.
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The cast is strong and work together flawlessly, and romantic comedies that take an unabashedly male perspective without being relentlessly vulgar or misogynistic are rare indeed.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
A prime reason to see this, if you don't mind some really screechy acting by some of the supporting players and insipid metaphors for love and commitment, is its parade of fine flesh, both male and female.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
Darts nervously between soap opera and sitcom, rarely blending them in a way that lets the two genres enhance each other.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
It's an admirable, if clunky, attempt, and though it never quite jels in the way that, say, "Waiting to Exhale" did, it's good to know someone's making the effort to portray black urban males as something other than criminals or crime-fighters.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ernest Hardy
If it registers at all, it'll likely be more because of the fuckability of Morris Chestnut -- a star waiting for a worthy film -- than any insights or memorable moments from the movie itself.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
The movie is perhaps most successful as a preview of greater things to come from both Hughley and Union.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
As each male-female relationship works itself out in ways either contrived or predictable, here's betting you wind up more disappointed than enlightened.
Village Voice Jessica Winter
An epidemic of solipsism breaks out among four lifelong African American friends when one of them announces his impending nuptials. Cringe-inducing slapstick jockeys for screen time with undermotivated high-volume confrontation.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
Pic's complete lack of cinematic verve, along with bland tech work, do much to drain the juice out of what should have been a fierce, fun battle of the sexes.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Chuck E. gave it a 10:
A very very good movie by all standards.
Glen S. gave it a 10:
This is a very good romantic-comedy. Despite views to the contrary, one day we will wake up and find unbiased critical reviews of films concerning the Afro American experience.
