Triangle of deep bitterness in "Brothers"

"Lionsgate Home Entertainment have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Brothers on 23rd March 2010. Starring Toby Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman, this drama directed by Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) tells the story of how two brothers come to terms with issues of love, loyalty, and manhood with the woman caught between them". Source: www.dvdtimes.co.uk

"Brothers" is nominated to 2 Golden Globes (Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama - Tobey Maguire, and Best Original Song 'Winter' by U2".

Caps of Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brothers" Extra Interview (Clip).

"Sheridan captures that layering on of years of weariness with war through his extraordinary cast, who carry it like a physical weight. This is a remarkable showcase for Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man 3, Seabiscuit), Jake Gyllenhaal (Rendition, Zodiac), and Natalie Portman (The Other Boleyn Girl, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium), who remind us again that they are three of the most expressive, most compelling young actors working today. It sneaks up on you in this film, how startlingly good they are, how they can hit you with an emotion you didn’t see coming but that feels so perfectly right anyway. One brother -- Gyllenhaal’s Tommy -- is just out of prison (we don’t know for a long while why he was there). The other -- Maguire’s Sam, a Marine captain -- is off to Afghanistan again, and eager for it; once there, he ponders how it “almost feels like home.” Portman’s Grace, Sam’s wife, is the quiet anchor who has been keeping the rest of the family together: her and Sam’s small daughters, Isabelle (Bailee Madison: Bridge to Terabithia) and Maggie (Taylor Geare), the guys’ dad, Hank (Sam Shepard: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Charlotte’s Web), an ex-Marine himself, and his wife, Elsie (Mare Winningham). The roadmap of the story to come is laid bare here, in the things no one can say to one another and the things they can -- there’s a triangle of deep bitterness, disappointment, and resentment between Hank and his sons; and it’s here that the amazing performance that Bailee Madison will give begins to reveal itself. In some ways, the little girl who is Isabelle will be the canvas upon which the family drama will paint itself; the actress, who only just turned 10, is able to express the terrible inner turmoil of a child watching her family fall apart. I’ve never seen a child so young be so effective onscreen -- she is heartbreaking.To say that Sam is lost in Afghanistan and presumed dead, and that his family mourns him and moves on, and then has to readjust again when he is found and returns home is no kind of spoiler. Indeed, the fact that Sam is not dead is not a matter of suspense at all.) Because it is in all the same, eloquent, authentic details of the people, not the plot, that makes this movie work so well as it does". Source: www.flickfilosopher.com