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Metascore
20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackBurns has created an endearing gathering of people we all know, and every one of them is so much fun that leaving the theater at the end elicits a touch of regret.
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonOne of the most enjoyable experiences of the year.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranWhile other films struggle for their effects, Brothers simply lives and breathes, thoroughly likable from beginning to end.
- 90VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyGood old-fashioned virtues of three-dimensional characters, fine dialogue, recognizable life situations and meat-and-potatoes content.
- It is a rare treat of a film.
- 80Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe women's characters are as well drawn as the men's in a splendidly acted film that captures the confusion of love in ways that are ardent, affecting and wonderfully funny.
- 80Film.comTom KeoghFilm.comTom KeoghA smart marriage of modest technical ambition, sophisticated material, and a hang-loose presentation that belies the production's no-frills sacrifices.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe romantic troubles of three Irish-Catholic brothers on Long Island don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenRespectable by the tube's standards, even a cut above dumbed-down Hollywood, but hardly the stuff of creative renewal.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineSolid, old-fashioned narrative moviemaking with just enough no-budget cachet to disguise its essential blandness.