Brothers ( 2004 ) ( Brødre ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Denmark ]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
A review of "Brothers," a wartime domestic drama based on the Danish film "Brødre." Tobey Maguire plays a damaged war veteran who returns home to his wife and brother, who've gotten a little too close in his absence.
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Has anyone ever remade a film that you absolutely love? It can be odd to remove yourself from the familiar original while watching the shiny and new. Presumably not many people will have this problem with Brothers though I’ll admit up front that I did. This new war-at-home drama is adapted from a little seen Danish film of the same name. Natalie Portman plays Grace Cahill, a young mother and...
Movie Moxie (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dir: Jim Sheridan ( In America , My Left Foot) Cast: Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard, Mare Winningham, Baliee Madison, Taylor Geare USA , 2009 Seen: December 4, 2009 at Scotiabank Reason to see: Trailer suckered me right in When I found out Brothers is based on the Danish film Brødre directed by Susanne Beir ( After the Wedding / Efter brylluppet ) I immediately...
The Screening Log (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Seen on: December 1, 2009 The players: Director: Jim Sheridan, Writer: David Benioff, Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard Facts of interest: Remake of Susanne Bier's "Brodre." The plot: Brothers Sam and Tommy have a decent relationship until Tommy comforts Sam's wife after he goes missing in Afghanistan and is presumed dead for weeks. Our thoughts: Jim...
Draven99's Musings (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Didn't this movie come out last year? Or at least earlier this year? I remember seeing trailers for it a long time ago and then they just disappeared. I figured I either missed it or it was going to pop up on DVD at some point from a studio that lost faith in it. I guess I was wrong. It turns out it was just lying low, waiting to pounce on an unsuspecting audience. It has now arrived, inflicting its...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... Portman starring in Jim Sheridan's "Brothers," taken from Susanne Bier's 2004 "Brodre" (which starred Connie Nielsen).
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Fun fact: Five years separate Susanne Bier’s Danish film Brødre and the English-language remake, yet the defining trauma of both melodramas remains the war in Afghanistan. (And should the Danish want to remake the remake again in a few years, the script likely won’t need a rewrite.) Scripted by 25th Hour writer David Benioff and helmed by In The Name Of The Father director Jim Sheridan,...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Last night David and I spent a nice night out running around enjoying the quiet weekend. We decided to see the new film Brothers which stars Tobey Maguire , Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal : I am happy to report that Brothers is really a great film. I understand it is an American remake of a 2005 Danish film titled Brødre that is loosely based on the parable of The Prodigal Son in the Bible....
Movie Moxie (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics! Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday December 4, 2009! December is finally here and I'm a little sad that this is the 4th last Friday of the year and we only have so many more releases that will grace our screens. It does mean we will be shifting into full force of awards season, which we can see by this weeks limited-but-will-expand-later release of Up in the Air which...
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
"Gyllenhaal admits that he was very challenged by the script (“Brothers” is a remake of the Danish language film “Brodre,” this time directed by an Irishman). “Just coming from Ireland it was interesting how Jim thought my character would act compared to my own American take,” Gyllenhaal says. “There’s a moment in the film when Natalie’s...
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
"Gyllenhaal admits that he was very challenged by the script (“Brothers” is a remake of the Danish language film “Brodre,” this time directed by an Irishman). “Just coming from Ireland it was interesting how Jim thought my character would act compared to my own American take,” Gyllenhaal says. “There’s a moment in the film when Natalie’s...
the finer dandy (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... us to feel unattractive in their cinematic presence. The movie, based on its Danish predecessor Brødre (directed by Susanne Bier ), finds Grace at a colossal loss when Sam is declared dead after going to war in Afghanistan. Tommy, fresh out of prison and sporting an “I’m-a-badass” neck tattoo, softens up after the death of his brother. He starts to fill in that husband void in Grace’s life....
