Vanessa L. Williams,
Nashawn Kearse,
Rodney Henry Jr.,
Fredro Starr,
Tatum O'Neal
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An aspiring stand-up comic realizes precisely how precious the developmentally disabled brother he so frequently took for granted truly is in writer/director Anthony Lover's sensitive family drama. Po... read more
DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007
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November 8, 2010My Brother has a touching story, but it wasn't always interesting throughout the movie, and often I found myself bored. Also, the potential girlfriend didn't really add anything to the film. Although I enjoyed the movie, the long drawn out drama got to be a bit much.
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September 12, 2007This movie is sort of funny in a way with how James talks, though, do NOT think I am laughing at him being 'retarded', because I'm not. The movie is alright. Very emotional. It didn't end right. I want to know what he did with the diamonds in the end after Isaiah found James agai... read more
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July 9, 2007I have to say that I really wanted to love this movie, but in the end I was sorely disappointed. I found the direction of the movie lacking in... uhmmm... direction. The flashback scenes should have been truncated and scattered more throughout the present day storyline, and the... read more
Critic Reviews
March 24, 2007
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
March 20, 2007
Peter Debruge, Variety
A young man takes an awfully long time to discover what the audience already knows -- that his disabled brother is the most precious thing in his life -- in My Brother. Full Review
March 16, 2007
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times
Its earnest tone, moving orchestral score and strong cast carry it past the rough patches.
March 16, 2007
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
My Brother is a brave little film, with the emphasis on little. Shot on a shoestring, it lacks the polish of many indie efforts but compensates with bold casting and a big heart. Full Review
March 15, 2007
Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times
My Brother is brimming with would-be life lessons. But the movie goes in so many directions, and follows through on so few of them, that all it transmits is a vague glow. It's watered-down chicken sou... Full Review
March 15, 2007
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
What starts as a taut urban crime drama quickly sags into lurid after-school-special sentimentality. Full Review
April 5, 2007
Robert W. Butler, Kansas City Star
Has no shortage of heart, but it has been so clumsily organized and falls back so often on clichéd storytelling that any early goodwill quickly morphs into resentment.
March 16, 2007
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Story loses momentum in a wave of heavy-handed messages. Full Review
March 15, 2007
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly
[A] torpid, independently made urban melodrama. Full Review
March 14, 2007
Kam Williams, AALBC.com
A moving and meaningful melodrama about a blood bond tested by the trials and tribulations of trying to survive in the inner-city. Full Review
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