Brother
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47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 23
  3. Negative: 6 out of 23
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Wretch of a B movie.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    Takeshi's elliptical directorial style here is overwhelmed by the script's crudeness and lack of narrative power.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    30
    The mix feels flat and the story remains a fairly banal account of underworld exploits whose emotional gears never fully engage.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    25
    Critics tend to fawn over the Japanese director-star Takeshi Kitano (a.k.a. Beat Takeshi), but am I the only one who finds his films impossible to make heads or tails of?
  5. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    20
    Watching this movie, you also have to ask yourself: Just how many acts of self-inflicted finger amputations do I really want to see?
  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    10
    Bewildering, tediously violent.

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User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. JamesM
    7
    Certainly not one of Kitano's best, but a great film nonetheless.
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