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  • 2009
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 50 m

Summary Brothers at War is an intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time.  Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows Jake’s exploits as he risks everything—including his life—to tell his brothers’ story.  Often humorous, but sometime...

Directed By: Jake Rademacher

  • 2009
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 50 m

Brothers at War

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Summary Brothers at War is an intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time.  Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows Jake’s exploits as he risks everything—including his life—to tell his brothers’ story.  Often humorous, but sometime...

Directed By: Jake Rademacher

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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46% Positive
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54% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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46% Positive
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54% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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75
This documentary, which begins at a low key, gradually becomes intense and psychologically complicated.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
70
Well shot but generically scored, Brothers at War has its share of potent moments, most of them with Mr. Rademacher’s family in the States.
By Laura Kern FULL REVIEW
65
Allowed remarkable access, presumably because of the familial connections, Rademacher comes up with compellingly unfamiliar documentary footage.
By Bob Mondello FULL REVIEW
60
Rademacher's vigorous commitment to making the documentary, as well as to his large, close-knit family, deserves respect.
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60
Provides some interesting perspectives but also veers dangerously close to vanity project.
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I can, however, object to the bathetic, misty score and the endless close-ups of American babies to remind us "what we're fighting for"--and to the filmmaker's belief that support for our troops and support for their mission are one in the same. Just because Rademacher believes his film to be "non-partisan" does not make it so.
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It’s practically a feature-length infomercial for the military.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Mar 13, 2009
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating R
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Website http://brothersatwarmovie.com/
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Awards

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
• 1 Nomination

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