When a decorated Marine goes missing overseas, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home—with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family. Brothers tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirtysomething Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters (Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare). Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who’s always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam’s farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie (Mare Winningham) and Hank Cahill (Sam Shepard), a retired Marine.
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare
CLICK HERE to watch the second trailer for Jim Sheridan’s new drama Brothers.
Posted by Rene on Nov 23rd, 2009
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Tags: Bailee Madison, Brothers, drama, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jim Sheridan, Natalie Portman, Taylor Grace Geare, Tobey Maguire, war films
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November 23rd, 2009 at 6:50 pm
When does this movie come out? It looks good with all the actors and all. Intense story line. Are there any more trailers out there?
December 5th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
‘Brothers’ truly was loaded with good stuff, from acting quality to cinematography to effectively “making a statement”
December 7th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I thought the movie did an amazing job showing the hardships endured by a family during war. The acting stole the show however. Tobey was so on point with his acting–I’d never seen such darkness in him before.
December 11th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Looks like a really good flick. The way Natalie looks at Jake in the trailer is way too hotttt