Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

smooth_op_85 The Brothers is a classic tale of boys becoming men.Morris Chesnut is Jackson Smith, a successful pediatrician and leading man of the crew who gets involved with Denise (Gabrielle Union) his Mom is played by Jennifer Lewis and sister is Tatiana Ali best known as Ashley from Prince of Bel-Air Shemar Moore is Terry White, womanizer and we're lead to believe he's a ladies man...which by his looks, we don't doubt. He's getting engaged to Bebe, a woman who's at the gun range 3x/wk D.L. Hughley is Derrick West who has allowed his wife to control the terms of their relationship instead of it being a partnership. He also wants to get a need fulfilled by his wife that she won't fill Bill Bellamy is Brian Palmer a womanizer in the other direction of Terry. No charm, no guile no wit...he gives up on dating black women and is trying to get through to his mother (who was on Scrubs as Nurse Laverne) So the 4 come together every week to play basketball and air out their life issues with candor and a lot of laughs! This movie is well done, and true to life as I've seen it. Great writing, storytelling is on point and the depth of the characters...at least the ones we're supposed to care about stands out among other films Great film I rate it a 9 out of 10

elshikh4 Disgust, tedium, fatuity, and pure hatred.. That's close to what I feel about this movie ! It's the ultimate unbearable movie for me. You can agonize me, shoot me, force me to watch one complete episode of "Friends" !, but don't you ever make me watch this movie again, a slice of it, or even mention it in front of me. It's Waiting to Exhale – The Mannish Version, though it's rather Refusing To Exhale according to the honest tagline (you'd feel how truthful that is while the painful watching !). GOD, what a bunch of bad actors. If I have ever found the lamp of Aladdin, I'll wish for Morris Chestnut to vanish from the face of the earth. Can an actor be more silly ?? Not a chance !. I think also that this movie broke the world record for the highest number for the times of saying the word "Man" in one movie. I bet it was something like 2768 times already ! It's, at its best, a poor boring TV work with uninteresting everything. And I believe they should've named it The Rich Brothers instead of The Brothers, since it talks about very wealthy dudes whom got the time and the money to bother us with all of their stupid problems. How many real brothers loved this silly drama? Yes, it's not compulsory to talk about poor or middle-classed black people to be attractive or realistic but even those guys' life, feelings, or the way they were shown, or the way this cast performed, all of that made it too provocative to follow or to find some human characters to be interested in, which left all the bad taste in the world where you're forced to watch some cold characters acting coldly also ! It's the closest movie I've ever seen to a sticky fly circuits around you in awful insistence at a hot day. The only survivor is the line : "Man doesn't know himself until he meets the woman he loves !" Eventually, it's not on the top of my list for the worst movies ever, it's on the top of my list for the DEADLIEST ever. It's a real guy-cry, wanna hear it? So watch it yourself !

jzwetsloot This movie is about 4 men having difficulty to make a commitment. It is always nice to watch a movie with mostly African-American actors because even though if such a movie is only average there are still several mighty fine women to be seen like Gabrielle Union in this case. Nothing memorable but not bad for a rainy day.

TheQuietStorm The Brothers seemed like a movie with potential, following in the foot steps of past relationship orientated films like Waiting to Exhale and Love Jones. However, this film stepped up to the plate and struck out big time.Strike One: Unmotivated characters. The only character with a quarter of dimension was the character played by Morris Chestnut. The rest of the cast were a bunch of caricatures of successful men in the black community. What happen to the blue collar, hardworking black man who successfully raises his kids and sees that his children progress further in life than himself? Cynically enough, I believe that these caricatures I refer to were only created to aid in making up the two hours needed to tell such a story. The hit could've came from the writer/director's acknowledgment of great storytelling, realizing that the audience should be able to empathize with the characters, not sympathize. Poor character development and a fear of, how should I say it, "stereotyping the black community" led to the paper thin characters in this film.Strike Two: Excuse me, but the antagonist wasn't strong enough. How can you have a great story without an overwhelmingly powerful antagonist. For example, Morris Chestnut's character is held down by his cynicism towards the whole idea of committing to someone, especially after encountering his parent's unsuccessful relationship first hand. He discovers that his girlfriend was dating his father and must decide on whether he should overlook such a thing or not. I didn't see how their love was tested. It would've been better if she had actually slept with the father and despite all that, Morris Chestnut takes a chance with her regardless. No adversity and no antagonist equals lame story.Strike Three: Ha, ha, ha, that wasn't funny. The script was trying too hard to be funny. True comedy comes from an innocent attempt in not trying to be funny. All the jokes seemed staged and unreal, just like the monologues, or should I say dialogue.It's unfortunate that African-American's must rely on such films to continue working in Hollywood. I'm sorry to say but these African-American films aren't getting the job done. We need more "Training Days" (would've been nice if was written by an African-American) to show the complex nature of Black people, instead of these shallow films about highly successful, almost flawless African-Americans who biggest problem is getting his wife to give him oral sex. Out of a possible 10 I'm being nice and give this film a 4.