Brothers (2009)
Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman star in this remake of an original Danish film. One brother comes out of jail as another goes to war in Afghanistan leaving behind his wife and young daughters.
While the plot of this film is not especially surprising or original the film is well made, avoiding being overly melodramatic and clichéd. It is interesting to see how the two brothers deal with their differing guilt and how it affects their relationship with others. There are good performances from the cast as you would expect although I still have some trouble seeing Maguire as anything other than a whiny teenage Spiderman.
4/5 a solid effort if not especially remarkable.
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