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Brothers Solomon, The
Screen Gems
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for language and sexual content
Starring
Will Arnett,
Will Forte,
Kristen Wiig,
Malin Akerman,
Chi McBride,
and
Lee Majors
The Brothers Solomon tells the hilarious story of Dean and John Solomon, two good-hearted but romantically-challenged brothers. When they find out their dying father’s last wish is for a grandchild, the brothers set out to find someone to have a baby with. But after spending their formative years being home-schooled by their father in a remote arctic location, their social skills prove to be somewhat lacking and their attempts at fatherhood go hysterically and disastrously wrong. (Sony Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Will Forte
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Bob Odenkirk
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 26, 2007
Theatrical: September 7, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
91 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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...
67
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
A better film would have matched Arnett's seemingly effortless intensity throughout. This okay film does merely okay by it.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Scott Brown
The sheer, animal idiocy beaming from their faces in the opening credits of The Brothers Solomon creates the film's only moment of uncalculated comic joy.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber
The movie doesn't have much visual style or atmosphere, but it does have a kinder, gentler spirit than many gross-out comedies, and that makes it a likable time killer.

50
USA Today
Claudia Puig
There's nothing very wise about The Brothers Solomon. It's a moderately funny premise in search of some real laughs.

50
Boston Globe
Tom Russo
This new goof might have been funnier still if the premise weren't so derivative, so just been there, done that.

50
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
The stoy makes no sense, and the two lead characters are repulsive, but I must confess I laughed immoderately at this clever piece of junk.

40
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
A syrupy fable about love and family? What happened? Did they lose their nerves? Or did some meddling studio executive pull them back before they went too far out on a limb? The comedy gods hate a coward, so let’s hope it’s the latter.

38
Premiere
Eric Alt
About the best thing that can be said about The Brothers Solomon is that it's harmless. It's mild, familiar, and as inconsequential as a sitcom episode.

38
TV Guide
Ken Fox
If anyone is to blame for this bomb it's Forte: He wrote the thing, and one would assume he's the one responsible for those uncomfortable silences where jokes are supposed to be.

38
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The upbeat brothers are full of sweetness and love, but the script is made of taffy, and if you can chew and laugh at the same time, you're welcome to it.

30
The New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
A deranged, sometimes desperate parody of an inspirational losers-make-good comedy. Three gags miss for every one that hits.

30
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
There is nothing sadder, either in real life or on the movie screen, than an unlikable idiot, and what we have with this dreadful comedy -- the longest 90 minutes of the film year -- is the sight of not one but two charm-free fools.

25
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Not-funniest comedy of the year so far.

25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Stephen Cole
There is no getting these boys down. They are just like Lloyd and Harry in the Farrelly brothers' breakthrough 1994 hit, "Dumb & Dumber." Except that they are never, ever funny.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
Had a lot of promise, but ultimately isn't very funny.

20
Variety
Peter Debruge
If "Hot Rod" and "The Ex" couldn't attract an audience, this full-blown comedy miscarriage stands no chance.

0
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Excruciatingly acted and ineptly directed by Bob Odenkirk, The Brothers Solomon is faux Farrelly brothers that should have gone straight to video.


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