The Brothers McMullen (1995)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.4/10   

Director:

Edward Burns

Guionista:

Edward Burns (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

9 agosto 1995 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

The Highly Acclaimed Romantic Comedy From Edward Burns

Plot:

Three Irish Catholic brothers from Long Island struggle to deal with love, marriage, and infidelity.

Plot Keywords:

Love | True Love | Marriage | Irish Catholic | Catholic

Premios:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Feels like a pilot for a sit-com

Reparto

Shari Albert	...	Susan
Maxine Bahns	...	Audrey
Catharine Bolz	...	Mrs. McMullen
Connie Britton	...	Molly McMullen
Edward Burns	...	Barry / Finbar McMullen
Peter Johansen	...	Marty
Jennifer Jostyn	...	Leslie
Mike McGlone	...	Patrick McMullen
Elizabeth McKay	...	Ann
Jack Mulcahy	...	Jack McMullen

También conocida como:

Los hermanos McMullen (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexuality.

Duración:

98 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Finland:S | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG | Australia:M

Locaciones de Filmación:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Brothers McMullen Productions

Trivialidades:

First part of actor/director Edward Burns' unofficial "Long Island" trilogy which continued with She's the One and concluded with No Looking Back.

Errores:

Continuidad: When we first meet Audrey, she has short, very dark hair. In the next scene (when she's on the way to an audition), her hair is still very dark and short. The next time we see her, her hair is several inches longer and blonde. It's obvious they shot the scenes at very different times.

Citas:

Patrick McMullen: What am I going to do with my life? You know I didn't think college was actually going to end.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in 'Saving Private Ryan': Miller and His Platoon (2004) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Intro. No. 1

Feels like a pilot for a sit-com

I never saw "The Brothers McMullen" in the theater, but I just watched it on video. I have to say that I liked it in spite of its flaws. It just had this superficial, breezy feel to it, like it's really not a movie but a pilot for a sit-com. All it's missing is the laugh-track.

The stories about the three brothers were well done, especially Barry's story (the middle brother). But I kept thinking the most interesting character in this story is the dead father, and he's not even in the movie. The brothers mention their father several times, usually in some disparaging way. You don't find out many facts about him, except that their mother never loved him. Apparently the sons didn't love him either.

The three brothers are desperate, each in their own way, to not end up like their father. The dead Mr. McMullen was characterized as an alcoholic, wife-abusing, stern and unhappy man. And yet Mr. McMullen had no trouble committing to one woman, which apparently Barry can't manage to do. Mr. McMullen remained faithful (apparently) in a 35 year marriage and raised 3 sons, which oldest son Jack can't bring himself to do. Mr. McMullen remained true to his religious and cultural upbringing, which youngest son Patrick is about to turn his back on when he splits for California.

So maybe that father wasn't such a failure after all. The sons won't realize this until they become husbands and fathers themselves. But they haven't reached that point yet, they're still growing up and figuring things out. It's nice to see how they help each other and take turns giving "parental" advice to each other.

I'd like to see this same story with these same characters, told 20 years before, and 20 years after the time of this movie. I'd like to meet the mother in Ireland as she greets her American grandchildren. Now that would be an interesting sequel.