San Francisco Chronicle
The movie plays authentically enough but is drearily, almost perversely opposed to the fundamental cinematic rule of "show, don't tell."
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Brothers By Blood
Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad) and Matthias Schoenaerts (The Danish Girl) star in this crime-drama as cousins tied to Philadelphia's underworld. When an impulsive move causes the mob to seek penance, they appoint one of the men to kill the other - and there's no backing out of it. Based on Pete Dexter's novel Brotherly Love, co-starring Ryan Phillippe (Cruel Intentions) and Maika Monroe (It Follows).
202190 minsUSA, Belgium, France
CrimeDrama
- Director:
- Jérémie Guez ('A Bluebird in My Heart')
- Writer:
- Jérémie Guez
- Cast:
- Matthias SchoenaertsJoel KinnamanPaul SchneiderMaika MonroeRyan Phillippe
Brothers By Blood / Reviews
Hollywood Reporter
It feels rather plodding... failing to turn the boxer's conflicting loyalties into the stuff of crime-flick high drama.
Full reviewVariety
Casual viewers, unwilling to sit through 90 minutes that feel like three hours, won't find much interest in such a somber, slow-burn approach...
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