X
- 2005
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 57 m
- 2005
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 57 m
Summary The lives of two very different brothers become simultaneously intertwined and thrust apart in this intense and powerful drama. (IFC Films)
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier
- 2005
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 57 m
- 2005
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 57 m
Brothers
76
8.3
Where to Watch
Summary The lives of two very different brothers become simultaneously intertwined and thrust apart in this intense and powerful drama. (IFC Films)
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
76
90% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
76
90% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Imaginative and immensely engrossing film.
A drama of uncommon moral complexity, unexpected humor, convincing transformations (for good and bad) and, best of all, vibrant, unpredictable energy. In a movie landscape littered with dead souls, here's a live one.
The central performance in Brothers is by Connie Nielsen, who is strong, deep and true.
The end result was that the performances reached a remarkable level of intimacy and intensity.
At its core, Susanne Bier's wrenching portrayal of the shifting dynamics within a Danish family is really about survival, about how we cope in the face of shattering grief and what we'll do -- anything, really -- to save ourselves.
A movie so nice she made it twice, Susanne Bier's Dogme-certified feature "Open Hearts" gets a slight makeover in her follow-up Brothers, another raw melodrama about three lives recalibrated by sudden tragedy.
Bier's portrayal of the brothers' interplay holds few surprises, and the exploitation of the war between East and West is vulgar, contrived and borderline racist.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 35 User Ratings
8.3
80% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
11% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
9% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 35 User Ratings
8.3
80% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
11% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
9% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
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Production Company
Two Brothers Ltd.,
Fjellape Film AS,
Memfis Film,
Sigma Films,
Zentropa Entertainments
Release Date May 6, 2005
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating R
Tagline From the Director of 'Open Hearts'
Awards
European Film Awards
• 8 Nominations
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Bodil Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
