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Brother to Brother

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Rodney Evans
Directed by: Rodney Evans
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 5, 2004
DVD: June 14, 2005
Running Time: 90 minutes, B/W / Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Anthony Mackie, Roger Robinson, Larry Gilliard Jr., Aunjanue Ellis, Duane Boutte, Daniel Sunjata, Alex Burns, and Ray Ford
This film follows the emotional and psychological journey of a young Black gay artist as he discovers the hidden legacies of the gay and lesbian subcultures within the Harlem Renaissance. (Wolfe Video)
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What The Critics Said
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
First-time writer-director Rodney Evans makes a ballsy leap into historical fantasia, with heartfelt fervor outrunning stray moments of artistic gawkiness.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
A very good drama about the difficulties of being young, black, and gay. With a bigger budget and a sharper focus, it might have been a great one.
Read Full Review >New York Post Megan Lehmann
An intelligent and entertaining exploration of racial and sexual politics that brings alive the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, and draws parallels with African-American identity crises of today.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
With its black-and-white flashbacks and relentlessly earnest tone, this sometimes threatens to become a PBS documentary, yet its script is exceptionally fluid, tracing the tributaries of art, race, and sexuality that feed one's sense of self.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
In movies, the young are forever being taken back in time by the old, but what sets apart this low-energy yet ambitious debut feature by writer-director Rodney Evans is the complexity of the questions that journey raises.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
The film is studded with nifty supporting portrayals, with Burns and Ford (in his film debut) especially notable. But it's the rich presence and easy authority of Robinson that brings both a gravitas and a blithe spirit to Brother to Brother.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Robert Dominguez
Evan succeeds in drawing a parallel about the lack of racial and sexual tolerance in both eras, but Perry's inner turmoil is nowhere near as interesting as the lively flashbacks.
Read Full Review >Variety David Rooney
The film's transitions between periods are not entirely seamless and its discourse often becomes didactic. However, the depth and intelligence it brings to issues of black politics and sexuality could help carve an appreciative theatrical audience in upscale gay and/or urban niches.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jorge Morales
First-timer Rodney Evans's leaden script fails to live up to the poetry of its subjects and raises more themes--black-on-black homophobia, light-skin versus dark-skin prejudice, writers' envy--than it can fully develop.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Ellen Fox
Ambitious but clumsy, it's a movie to appreciate rather than to be engaged by.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
Filled with ideas and some nice acting, particularly from Mr. Mackie and Mr. Robinson, both of whom hold the screen easily, Mr. Evans has crammed a great deal of thought and a lot of obvious feeling into his first dramatic feature.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman
This first dramatic feature by documentarian Evans is an important film but not necessarily a successful one.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
Works far better as an idea than its execution; this has to do with the difficulties of making profound statements with limited budgets and technology, and also grappling with the still-growing sensibilities of an emerging writer.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Well-intentioned to a fault, the film packs a strange, ultimately unsuccessful combination of prurience and clumsy identity politics.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Debra S. gave it a10:
Outstanding and oh so very socially relevant. Excellent parallel to the civil rights struggle. I intend to use it with my students. I commend the writer's courage at tackling intensely debated and emotinally provacative subject matter.
trent k. gave it a 10:
A good picture that holds up to the awards it has been receiving. Can't wait for the dvd release were I intend to purchase 2 copies.
