The Brothers (2001) Critic Reviews
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Passionate and saucy comedy.Read the full review
A politically incorrect but often hilarious jam session, in which men and women trade insults like musical licks.Read the full review
The pace is fast, many of the performers are attractive, and even the end-credits montage is zippier than usual.Read the full review
The movie's a mixed bag, but worth seeing for the good stuff, which is a lesson in how productive it can be to allow characters to say what they might actually say.Read the full review
A lively, affectionate and well-acted romantic comedy, takes a raunchy look at relationships from the black male perspective.Read the full review
What saves the film is the charm and earthy humor the actors wring from the spectacle of these four guys getting an early jump on their midlife crises.Read the full review
While all of the actors are excellent, we sat up whenever Gabrielle Union walked on screen. As the ever-sensible woman who disrupts Jackson's bachelorhood, she projects the pluck, gravitas and beauty of a younger Alfre Woodard.Read the full review
Less like watching a movie than it is like being accosted by one.Read the full review
Darts nervously between soap opera and sitcom, rarely blending them in a way that lets the two genres enhance each other.Read the full review
Pic's complete lack of cinematic verve, along with bland tech work, do much to drain the juice out of what should have been a fierce, fun battle of the sexes.Read the full review
