Brothers
Directed by Jim SheridanWhile 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. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.
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- JakeysDecember 28, 2025Tobey Maguire gives a really powerful performance, but I can't help but feel like he was a bit miscast for some reason. I could see Jake Gyllenhaal in either brother's role, but Tobey doesn't seem right as a marine. Maybe I'm typecasting him. Otherwise, Natalie Portman was great as always and the story was mostly sound. I only have one major criticism of the story I noticed while watching, which is that every single time Sam asks Tommy if he and Grace slept together, Tommy refuses to answer, as if he has something to hide. Who does that? They didn't, ffs, just say no!
Brothers Trivia
Brothers was released on December 3, 2009.
Brothers was directed by Jim Sheridan.
Brothers has a runtime of 1h 45m.
Brothers was produced by Michael De Luca, Ryan Kavanaugh, Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Matt Battaglia, Mark Fischer, Ken Halsband.
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. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.
The key characters in Brothers are Capt. Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire), Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), Grace Cahill (Natalie Portman).
Brothers is rated R.
Brothers is a Drama, Thriller, War film.
Brothers has an audience rating of 6.2 out of 10.
Brothers had a budget of $26M.
Brothers has made $43.5M at the box office.