Uploaded December 2009 | Updated September 2026, 53 minutes ago
Hollywood has had little success addressing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Films critical of the wars like RENDITION, REDACTED, and LIONS FOR LAMBS flopped at the box office, so Hollywood has moved its focus to the struggles of individual soldiers and their families with movies like THE MESSENGER and THE HURT LOCKER. The latest example of this is BROTHERS, the story of how a screw-up younger brother tries to fill the void left when his soldier older brother goes missing in Afghanistan, only to return home months later with a severely wounded psyche. With acclaimed director Jim Sheridan at the helm and starring three of the best young actors of their generation, can BROTHERS shake the war drama curse? In a word, NO.
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Hollywood has had little success addressing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Films critical of the wars like RENDITION, REDACTED, and LIONS FOR LAMBS flopped at the box office, so Hollywood has moved its focus to the struggles of individual soldiers and their families with movies like THE MESSENGER and THE HURT LOCKER. The latest example of this is BROTHERS, the story of how a screw-up younger brother tries to fill the void left when his soldier older brother goes missing in Afghanistan, only to return home months later with a severely wounded psyche. With acclaimed director Jim Sheridan at the helm and starring three of the best young actors of their generation, can BROTHERS shake the war drama curse? In a word, NO.
For more ReThink Reviews, visit rethinkreviews.net
