Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- wacky
- irreverent
- chaotic
- casual movie night
- comedy double feature
What critics said
Critics found the performances and comic improvisation appealing but judged the familiar structure and thin character development only intermittently effective.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Munger brothers and their criminal relatives must recover hidden heist loot while navigating family conflict.
The brothers pursue a dangerous mission across the road while legal troubles and gunfights intensify their disagreements.
The film combines gunfights, motel peril, and broadly physical comic situations with a crime-caper premise.
One twin is explicitly trying to reform while being pulled back into a dangerous family heist.
Films like Brothers, and why
Raising Arizona
broadly comic crime caper, eccentric criminals, slapstick violence, and dysfunctional family dynamics
Dumb and Dumber To
road-trip comedy built around mismatched criminal personalities, absurd danger, and escalating slapstick
The Family
fast-moving crime comedy with family dysfunction, eccentric supporting characters, and chaotic criminal schemes
The Brothers Bloom
comic heist structure, volatile family relationships, and performers leaning into heightened criminal absurdity
Movie Details
- Director
- Max Barbakow
- Release Date
- 2024-10-10
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (355)
Cast
- Josh Brolin
- Peter Dinklage
- Glenn Close
- Brendan Fraser
- Taylour Paige
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Jennifer Landon
- Joshua Mikel
- Marisa Tomei
- William Tokarsky
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Brothers about?
- Estranged criminal twins turn a dangerous hunt for hidden family loot into a chaotic road trip through violence, guilt, and sibling rivalry.
- What is Brothers like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Brothers as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Brothers violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Brothers as moderate.
- What did critics think of Brothers?
- Critics found the performances and comic improvisation appealing but judged the familiar structure and thin character development only intermittently effective.
- Which films are like Brothers?
- Films with a similar feel include Raising Arizona, Dumb and Dumber To, The Family, and The Brothers Bloom.
- How long is Brothers?
- Brothers runs 89 minutes.
- Where can I watch Brothers?
- In United States, Brothers streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
