When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill dies but comes back to life. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise resurrection triggers domestic mayhem!
After watching this movie, I had what you might call Portman Traumautic Stress Disorder, a condition that leaves you twitchy, irritable, and in need of a well-acted light comedy.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
4 Dec 2009
rotten:
Sheridan seems as conflicted as the Cahills about their virtues and failings.
– Betsy Sharkey,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Dec 2009
rotten:
Brothers, the new home-from-the-war film, written by David Benioff and directed by Jim Sheridan, has been made with obvious devotion and sincerity, and I wish I could take it seriously.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
7 Dec 2009
rotten:
A soap opera ensues with more cliches than one movie can survive.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
8 Dec 2009
rotten:
It takes two-thirds of the film for any scene of real emotional truth or power to emerge - and by then we're lost.