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Brothers McMullen, The (1995) Rank 5 Reviews
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Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
It's easy to see what attracted Redford to Burns' first film. Burns' dialogue is natural and witty. Burns films with the gritty immediacy of a documentary, slipping a boom mic above backyard conversations over beers. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
The Brothers McMullen are three of the most engaging characters you're likely to come across in American cinema this year. A family of Irish Catholics living in New York, their stories explore living a morally upright life in the 90s, dealing with failed ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Burns has created an endearing gathering of people we all know, and every one of them is so much fun that leaving the theater at the end elicits a touch of regret. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
MovieJustice ("10k")
Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
While other films struggle for their effects, Brothers simply lives and breathes, thoroughly likable from beginning to end. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Good old-fashioned virtues of three-dimensional characters, fine dialogue, recognizable life situations and meat-and-potatoes content. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
One of the most enjoyable experiences of the year. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Austin Chronicle (Alison Macor)
It is a rare treat of a film. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Austin Chronicle (Alison Macor)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
You don't have to be Catholic, or Irish, or even American, to "get it." Burns' language, despite originating on Long Island, is universal in appeal and meaning. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Austin Chronicle (Alison Macor)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Love, passion, and Irish Catholicism collide in The Brothers McMullen, writer/director Edward Burns' feature debut. This is one of the better independent romantic comedies to come along in a while. Although it generally stays true to the cliches and plot ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The women's characters are as well drawn as the men's in a splendidly acted film that captures the confusion of love in ways that are ardent, affecting and wonderfully funny. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
`The Brothers McMullen" tells the stories of three Irish-American brothers who are all struggling through relationships with women. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Chad Polenz (Chad Polenz)
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
It's the sprightly profane dialogue, the dirty talk of the brothers about love and religion, that gives this otherwise old-fashioned comedy (imitative of Woody Allen) a modern feel and winsome drive, keeping it from getting stale. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The movie brings into focus how rare religion and spirituality are in American films. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Movie Magazine International
Edinburgh U Film Society (Neil Chue Hong)
Tucson Weekly (Zachary Woodruff)
Film Scouts (Leslie Rigoulot)
Reel.com DVD review (Vanessa Vance)
Reel.com
Despite being shot on a next-to-nothing budget, The Brothers McMullen wowed audiences at 1995's Sundance Film Festival (where it won Best Dramatic Feature) and sparked a new trend â the independent "dramedy" aimed at twenty-somethings. Five years ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Reel.com
Filmdog - (Mike Fisher)
Religion is hardly a factor in romantic relationships in the movies. However, Edward Burns makes it into a big factor in his debut film âThe Brothers McMullenâ (1995). It deals with the love lives of three Irish Catholic brothers living in New York. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Filmdog - (Mike Fisher)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
artechock (Klaus Waltz)
Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
This knowing, low-budget comedy will appeal to men, who'll recognize their behavior, but also to women, who'll see it as goosing the gander. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Kevin Clemons)
DVD Verdict (Gary Militzer)
Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
The romantic troubles of three Irish-Catholic brothers on Long Island don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Philadelphia City Paper (Cindy Fuchs)
Film Freak Central
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Respectable by the tube's standards, even a cut above dumbed-down Hollywood, but hardly the stuff of creative renewal. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Daily-Reviews.com (Brian Matherly)
Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))
Solid, old-fashioned narrative moviemaking with just enough no-budget cachet to disguise its essential blandness. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))
Boxoffice Magazine
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Tom Berenger, who is fast becoming the stereotype of the grizzled, burned-out, gotta-do-it-one-more-time adventurer (see "Shoot to Kill," "Major League" or TV's "Avenging Angel"), plays a drunken Montana bounty hunter who blames himself for the death of ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Palo Alto Weekly (Jim Shelby)
Daily-Reviews (Brian Matherly)
... it's almost hard to imagine such an innocuous little film even getting noticed, let alone garnering tons of praise. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Daily-Reviews (Brian Matherly)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
If you want to waste a couple of hours, you can surely do much better looking elsewhere. ...read the complete Brothers McMullen movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
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