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Brothers
2009
· Movie
· 105 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2417
- IMDb #1925
- Google retired #1455
- Rotten Tomatoes #2936
- Metacritic #2531
- Letterboxd #2007
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3158
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3196
- Metacritic Critics #2650
- Metacritic Audience #2322
- Criticker #1836
- Douban #1068
- Kinopoisk #1505
- AlloCiné #626
- Trakt #1774
Every rating
48–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 48, highest is Google on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A Marine is presumed dead after his helicopter is shot down in Afghanistan. His grieving wife finds solace in the support of his ex-con brother. When the soldier is rescued and returns home traumatized by his captivity, he grows suspicious of the new bond between his wife and brother.
Details
- Director
- Jim Sheridan
- Writers
- Anders Thomas Jensen, David Benioff, Susanne Bier
- Based on
- Brothers
- Released
- 2 December 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $26.0M
- Box office
- $43.5M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 11 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 15th Critics' Choice Awards 2009 | Best Young Actor / Actress | Bailee Madison | Nominee |
| 67th Golden Globe Awards 2009 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Tobey Maguire | Nominee |
| 67th Golden Globe Awards 2009 | Best Original Song | "Winter" by U2 | Nominee |
| 2010 Teen Choice Awards 2009 | Choice Movie Actor – Drama | Jake Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| 2010 Teen Choice Awards 2009 | Choice Movie Actor – Drama | Tobey Maguire | Nominee |
| 36th Saturn Awards 2009 | Best Action or Adventure Film | Brothers | Nominee |
| 36th Saturn Awards 2009 | Best Actor | Tobey Maguire | Nominee |
| 36th Saturn Awards 2009 | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Bailee Madison | Nominee |
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67th Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Tobey Maguire | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Winter" by U2 | Nominee |
15th Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Young Actor / Actress | Bailee Madison | Nominee |
36th Saturn Awards
4 nominations
| Best Action or Adventure Film | Brothers | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Tobey Maguire | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Natalie Portman | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Bailee Madison | Nominee |
2010 Teen Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Choice Movie Actor – Drama | Jake Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actor – Drama | Tobey Maguire | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Portman | Nominee |
Denver Film Critics Society Awards 2009
1 nomination
| Best Original Song | "Winter" By U2 | Nominee |