Brothers (5/5)
Posted on 5 Jan 2011
Jim Sheridan directs this feature that has the odd weight of playing too real for film. It also borrows a few melodramatic tricks and a cheap score from the made-for-television library, which nearly sinks everything. No matter, the performances are transcendent, especially the remarkable 5 year old daughter role. And a scene bound to a favorite U2 song of mine was ace.
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