Brothers (Sheridan, 2009): Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire & Jake Gyllenhaal

[NoirFan]

Synopsis: When a decorated Marine goes missing overseas, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home—with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family.

Trailer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56871)
IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765010/)

[AnonomusBob15]

that trailer is all over the place. that said, I don't think this looks too good. i love natalie portman though.

[Solid Snake PAC]

I think the trailer needs better music for sure....but...regardless. I dunno....seems like it's trying to tackle too many things in one film.

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[JayDerek]

The music in the trailer is pretty bad.

It does look JUST like the original film, which I enjoyed (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386342/) so I'll give it a shot with these actors

[Gunde]

I hated the original (and everything else Bier has done) so I'll skip it big time.

[bunnydojo]

I hated the original (and everything else Bier has done) so I'll skip it big time.I thought the original was well done and pretty interesting. I also liked After The Wedding and kind of liked Open Hearts, but thought Things We Lost In The Fire was terrible.

It's a shame they didn't make some sort of effort to get the original out there instead of just re-making it 5 years later. I'd like to see the guy playing the "tough" brother, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, become a star here (he was the assassin in Angels & Demons, so perhaps he's on his way). It just doesn't seem as tough Jake Gyllenhaal particularly fits the character -- he looks like a nice, happy guy to begin with.

[tylergfoster]

I think the film looks interesting, but knowing it's a remake takes a lot of my anticipation away.

[mdc3000]

I like Jim Sheridan (met him once) and even though the trailer doesn't have me excited, I'll still check it out just because he's directing.

[lamphorn]

Great premise. Great cast. I'm in. I've always thought Maguire and Gyllenhaal had a strong resemblance.

Now we just gotta get Ray Romano and Zach Braff to play dad and son. With Duchovny as the black sheep uncle.

[Boba Fett]

A lot of unintentional laughs in that trailer.

[toddly6666]

I don't think I like Tobey Maguire anymore - he's trying to channel Christain Bale. Maguire is one scary, creepy actor though...Portman looks good though.

[NoirFan]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd114/besh1/brothersposter.jpg

[Solid Snake PAC]

I don't think I like Tobey Maguire anymore - he's trying to channel Christain Bale. Maguire is one scary, creepy actor though...Portman looks good though.

I see what you're talking about the whole Bale likeness. Yeah...he's creepy when he yells. That voice man, Maguire's voice hurts your ears when he yells.

[hardercore]

:4star:
This leaked online recently and I caught it.... Thomas Newman really needs to learn how to scale back the insistent scoring, but other than the music and the final sentence of narration [of which I found both unneccssary], I really liked this one. The film went some really unexpected places for me, having never seen the original, and I thought all three leads were very solid. The kids playing the daughters were really great! A small-scale story told very well with good character development. The last 15-20 minutes really stay with you. Well recommended.