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Brothers, The
Screen Gems Inc.
MPAA 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)
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Gary Hardwick
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Gary Hardwick
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 31, 2001
Video: July 31, 2001
Theatrical: March 23, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
106 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...
83
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Passionate and saucy comedy.
80
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A politically incorrect but often hilarious jam session, in which men and women trade insults like musical licks.
75
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.
75
USA Today
Mike Clark
The pace is fast, many of the performers are attractive, and even the end-credits montage is zippier than usual.
70
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A lively, affectionate and well-acted romantic comedy, takes a raunchy look at relationships from the black male perspective.
63
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.
63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Overall, The Brothers is glossy fun, but it should have given us more ideas and energy.
63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A feeling man's buddy story that's user-friendly to men and women alike.
60
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.
50
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The psychological and psychoanalytical probes into sexual and emotional problems keep this reasonably lively.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris
Less like watching a movie than it is like being accosted by one.
50
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.
50
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
No matter how quotable the one-liners, the movie remains a far stretch from truth or insight.
50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Basically a Lifetime movie that somehow found its way into theaters.
50
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.
50
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.
50
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.
50
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.
40
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.
40
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
The movie is perhaps most successful as a preview of greater things to come from both Hughley and Union.
38
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.
30
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.
30
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.
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