Brothers is a very powerful movie about two brothers who both have their own problems. one brother Toby Maguire who is a Captain in the marines who spends most of his time over in Iraq and the other brother Jake Gyllenhall who just got out of jail. While over in Iraq Capt. Sam Cahill (Toby Maguire) gets captured by the enemy’s and is held hostage for 6 months before arriving back home. When he Arrives home he starts to think that his wife Grace Cahill (Natalie Portman) is cheating on him with his brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhall) because they thought he was dead.
Brothers has an impressive cast including Toby Maguire, Jake Gyllenhall, and Natalie Portman. This really drew me in because ive always thought that Toby and Jake look-alike so they really did a good job as casting them as brothers. This film wouldn’t draw much younger people or teens to see it because it’s more of an adult movie, but with the cast that they had it probably drew a lot more people to it. I most likely would not have seen it if it didn’t the cast that it has.
This movie gives off many different emotions, but mostly depressing. I got very depressed through the film just because of the plot and all the trouble each character had to go through. I thought it was going to end happy like most movies, but it just kept getting more and more depressing. If your not a fan of films like this then i highly recommend you do not see it, it will leave you thinking to yourself “what the hell just happened”. Thats how I still feel after watching it a couple weeks ago.
