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Brother's Keeper (1992) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Brother's Keeper (1992) a score of 3.0071 out of 4

based on (21) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(14)

Good

(1)

Fair

(1)

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ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)

Berlinger and Sinofsky have crafted a fine documentary with far more nuances and tension than anything Andy Griffith ever supplied in his highly scripted television show. The drama builds tremendously, but that's not the true gifts of this...read the complete Brother's Keeper (1992) review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)

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Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

The glaring mistake is last week's Oscar nominations was the Academy's failure to recognize Brother's Keeper as the Best Documentary of 1992. Don't make the same mistake, the same sin of omission. This documentary about the unlikeliest of subjects - an...read the complete Brother's Keeper (1992) review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

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Washington Post (Rita Kempley)

A documentary as compelling as the best whodunit, "Brother's Keeper" revolves around Delbert Ward, a backwoods dairy-farmer who becomes a media curiosity when he is accused of murdering his ailing older brother, Bill. The shy, nearly illiterate...read the complete Brother's Keeper (1992) review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)