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Release Date:
4 December 2009 (USA)
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Tagline:
There are two sides to every family
Plot:
A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 1 nomination
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(4 articles)
First Look: 'Alvin 2' Beats 'Avatar'
(From Deadline Hollywood. 23 December 2009, 10:59 PM, PST)
Movie Reviews: "Brothers"
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 4 December 2009, 11:20 AM, PST)
(From Deadline Hollywood. 23 December 2009, 10:59 PM, PST)
Movie Reviews: "Brothers"
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 4 December 2009, 11:20 AM, PST)
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Yet another copy of a Dnish film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jake Gyllenhaal | ... | Tommy Cahill | |
| Natalie Portman | ... | Grace Cahill | |
| Tobey Maguire | ... | Capt. Sam Cahill | |
| Clifton Collins Jr. | ... | Major Cavazos | |
| Bailee Madison | ... | Isabelle Cahill | |
| Sam Shepard | ... | Hank Cahill | |
| Mare Winningham | ... | Elsie Cahill | |
| Taylor Geare | ... | Maggie Cahill | |
| Patrick Flueger | ... | Private Joe Willis | |
| Jenny Wade | ... | Tina | |
| Carey Mulligan | ... | Cassie Willis | |
| Omid Abtahi | ... | Yusuf | |
| Navid Negahban | ... | Murad | |
| Ethan Suplee | ... | Sweeney | |
| Arron Shiver | ... | A.J. |
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Rated R for language and some disturbing violent content.
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105 min | USA:110 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:R |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Canada:PG (British Columbia) |
Ireland:15A |
UK:15 |
Singapore:PG
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Carey Mulligan mentioned in an interview at the Sundance Festival that she got the role after sending an audition tape to America; when they shot her scenes, it was at about 3.00am, and it was largely improvised (something she enjoyed). She called it a "trial by fire".
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Factual errors: In the beginning, dated in the movie as 10/7/2007, Sam says he's leaving "in 4 days" (10/11/07). Later, at the dinner table, he tells his brother he's leaving "Tuesday". 10/11/2007 was a Thursday.
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Referenced in Funny People (2009)
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I've Been Working on the Railroad
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Honestly, sometimes it's just better watching the original with sub-titles. The film is a US version of a Danish film called the same. While the actors and script run pretty true, the realism seems to be lost in this American version, while the original Danish version seemed to keep me grounded to the reality of it all. Sometimes larger budgets really don't produce better results. It seems to me that the Hollywood set have started running out of ideas for films, and have simply started creating US versions of successful foreign films, REC, Nattevagten, and now Brødre, all seem to be taken into the US movie grinder, and more often than not, they loose the originality of the original film. Worth see as the story itself is very good, but in all honesty, I recommend seeing the original.