The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best

Name: The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: September 21, 2012
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Arielle Kebbel, Michael Weston, Ryan O'Nan

2012

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Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: September 21, 2012 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Arielle Kebbel, Michael Weston, Ryan O'Nan

Summary: Recently dumped by his girlfriend, underachiever Alex embarks on an impromptu road trip with his new bandmate, the eccentric Jim. By channeling their inner children and giving a new meaning to the term “lo-fi,” Alex and Jim find their unique style by bringing the sound of children’s instruments to their unsuspecting fans. Playing a seriesRecently dumped by his girlfriend, underachiever Alex embarks on an impromptu road trip with his new bandmate, the eccentric Jim. By channeling their inner children and giving a new meaning to the term “lo-fi,” Alex and Jim find their unique style by bringing the sound of children’s instruments to their unsuspecting fans. Playing a series of bizarre shows and experiencing multiple near-disasters, Alex and Jim’s persistence takes them on a true coming-of-age journey – one that may be their last shot at achieving their childhood dreams.(Oscilloscope Pictures)… Expand

Director: Ryan O'Nan

Genre(s): Comedy, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Neil Smith

Sep 16, 2012

Nods to "Hostel" and "Glengarry Glen Ross" make for a cine-literate affair further buffered by a smart cameo from erstwhile Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy. Read full review

Steven Rea

Sep 20, 2012

Deadpan and a bit dopey, Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best has a shaggy charm, and the chemistry between the tuneful twosome's would-be Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty makes up for the inevitable rock-and-roll road movie cliches. Read full review

Robert Abele

Sep 27, 2012

Although the sentiment threatens to flatten out an intriguingly nervy vibe, Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best has plenty of rhythmic charm about its responsibility-challenged strivers. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Sep 16, 2012

The comedy is at odds, perhaps even at war, with the gravitational downward pull of bittersweet seriousness, and the sucrose content is pretty high by the end. But it's an entertaining film. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Sep 28, 2012

This ode to indie legitimacy proves to be too cartoonish to feel real and not outrageous enough to be memorable. Read full review

Nick Schager

Sep 18, 2012

O'Nan and Weston's rapport is engagingly prickly but their "Shins meets Sesame Street" tunes have a tweeness also found in the director's music montages and lens flares. Only in its even-handed treatment of Alex's fundamentalist-Christian brother (Andrew McCarthy) does the film feel like something less than a corny cornucopia of manchildren-grow-up clichés. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Sep 20, 2012

The film has, at its source, a pool of affectations that so often constitute, or plague, American indie films--and, perhaps, American culture more generally. Read full review

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SamiYusuf

Jun 15, 2013

This film held the ability to leave a smile on my face days after initially watching it. I find it rare for a film to stick with me to the degree that the Brooklyn brothers were able to. Despite other reviews read, this is not just another indie flick ticking the same quota, with it bringingThis film held the ability to leave a smile on my face days after initially watching it. I find it rare for a film to stick with me to the degree that the Brooklyn brothers were able to. Despite other reviews read, this is not just another indie flick ticking the same quota, with it bringing so much heart and soul, even having me in stitches at parts, through some of the brilliantly written dialogue. Many critics downplay films in order to put across their own egotistical knowledge (or lack of) of film. Yet these are probably the same people putting aside cinema money, just to see a new fast and furious movie released every 3 weeks. If you really want to watch something that will leave you smiling for days, like me, then give this a go.

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