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- “Brothers” is a very close remake of a 2005 Danish film by Susanne Bier, which starred as the mother Connie Nielsen, that remarkable Danish actress equally at home in English (“ Gladiator,” “ The Ice Harvest ”).
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Synopsis. Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal) are brothers. A Marine captain about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters, Isabelle and Maggie (Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare). The film ...
Dec 4, 2009 · Brothers: Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard. While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family.
- (140K)
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Jim Sheridan
- 2009-12-04
Jul 1, 2005 · 1h 49m. IMDb RATING. 6.8 /10. 157K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 4,015. 1,241. Play trailer 2:31. 4 Videos. 94 Photos. Action Crime Drama. When their adoptive mother is gunned down in a store robbery, four brothers decide to investigate the murder and find the killers themselves, but not all is what it seems. Director. John Singleton. Writers.
- John Singleton
- 3 min
Dec 2, 2009 · “Brothers” is a very close remake of a 2005 Danish film by Susanne Bier, which starred as the mother Connie Nielsen, that remarkable Danish actress equally at home in English (“Gladiator,” “The Ice Harvest”). Same story, same characters, same moral crisis.
Brothers is a 2009 American psychological drama war film directed by Jim Sheridan and written by David Benioff. A remake of the 2004 Danish film , it follows Captain Sam Cahill (portrayed by Tobey Maguire ), a presumed-dead prisoner of the War in Afghanistan who deals with extreme PTSD while reintegrating into society following his release from ...
- $26 million
- Thomas Newman
- December 4, 2009
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
Brothers, then, is a ghost story. Sam’s body made it out of Afghanistan. But he buried his soul when he killed his friend. “The question is,” he asks at the very end, “can I live again?” The movie doesn’t know. And we don’t know. Sam’s recovery, if it’s possible, will be long and hard. Everyone’s been hurt. Everyone’s hurting.
