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Agnes and His Brothers
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- Starring: Herbert Knaup, Katja Riemann, Martin Weiß, Moritz Bleibtreu, Tom Schilling
- Summary: Agnes and his brothers have little in common, except an eccentric old father, relationship problems that are totally screwing up their lives, and a distinct possibility those two things are connected. (First Run Features)
- Director: Oskar Roehler
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
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Positive: 3 out of 11
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Mixed: 7 out of 11
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Negative: 1 out of 11
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80Roehler mixes cheap sex humor, existential darkness, buffoonish satire and profound tenderness in almost classic proportions. Maybe this is too uneven to be a masterpiece, but it's somewhere close.
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50The results isn't especially engaging, despite a quietly charismatic performance by Weiss, a relative newcomer who holds his own against far more experienced actors.
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50Dysfunctional families don't come much more messed up than the one in Agnes and His Brothers, a comic drama from Germany.
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20The title's pointedly incorrect pronoun is typical of the film's obtuse childishness.