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My Brother the Devil
Directed by
Sally El Hosaini
R
2012
1h 51m
Drama
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Crime
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6.5
90%
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Two teenage brothers must face their own prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being Egyptians growing up on the streets of gangland London.
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Cast of My Brother the Devil
James Floyd
Rashid
Fady Elsayed
Mo
Saïd Taghmaoui
Sayyid
Aymen Hamdouchi
Repo
Ashley Thomas
Lenny
Anthony Welsh
Izzi
Arnold Oceng
Aj
Letitia Wright
Aisha
Amira Ghazalla
Hanan
Elarica Johnson
Vanessa
Nasser Memarzia
Abdul-Aziz
McKell David
Demon's Boy
My Brother the Devil Ratings & Reviews
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Nuances of faith, politics and sexual identity enrich what initially presents as a classic good son-bad son tale, and although the film's melting-pot patois is occasionally too dense to decipher, we get the gist.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
It's refreshing to see a new generation reinterpret the classics. James Cagney would be proud.
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
"My Brother the Devil" is a promising debut that marks El Hosaini as a filmmaker to watch, but one still very much in the developmental stages.
New York Post
Farran Smith Nehme
For at least part of its length, "My Brother the Devil" brings refreshing changes to a genre badly in need of them.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
A story of brothers that's both tough and tender.
Slant Magazine
Steve Macfarlane
With My Brother the Devil, writer-director Sally El Hosaini tells a story both operatic in its implications and quotidian in its sensory, day-to-day details.
NPR
Mark Jenkins
El Hosaini fights the conventions of the brotherly gangster melodrama, but the conventions win.
Observer
Rex Reed
It's far superior to what usually comes out of the British slums in the genre of gangland thrillers.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
A tender, bracing fraternal drama of London's gang life, the immigrant experience, and questions no smaller than what "manhood" might mean to young men whose traditional cultures are colliding with the worst-and the best-of the secular west.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
Sally El Hosaini brings sensitivity, distinctive identity and an invigorating adrenaline charge to a story of criminally inclined youth in suburban East London in her dynamic first feature.
Variety
John Anderson
An energetic and imaginative tale of siblings at a criminal crossroads.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
Familiar youth crime/coming-of-age framework, novel setting and focus group.
Movie Dearest
Fr. Chris Carpenter
Highly recommended. (Writer-director) El Hosaini handles the various volatile relationships within the film with intelligence and sensitivity.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
Sally El Hosaini shows a deft hand in her story telling and direction belying her inexperience behind the camera.
We Got This Covered
Simon Brookfield
An engrossing debut from director Sally El Hosaini, My Brother the Devil is as authentic, emotionally complex and powerfully acted as any film you'll see this year.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
[El Hosaini] has a devil of a time getting a handle on this complicated story.
culturevulture.net
Michael McDonagh
El Housani's freshman effort is certainly visually accomplished, but there's precious little meat on its bones.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
When a both a dog and friend of Rashid's are killed in a violent gang encounter, El Hosaini frames both of their lifeless bodies on the street in a powerful image that tells of two innocents both bred to fight.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Ultimately feels a little flat, but there's promise that the director will carry on to stronger work, with several scenes here delivering exceptional grace and texture that all but guarantees a bright cinematic future.
Film Journal International
Chris Barsanti
Unsure performances and some decades-old gangster-film stereotypes hamper this acute, beautifully shot portrait of Egyptian teenagers fighting to survive in a rough London neighborhood.
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