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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

"Brothers" and Afghanistan

One wonders if the movie opening this Friday, Brothers, will have much audience impact in the aftermath of the Afghanistan escalation announced last night. I have written previously here about the great Swedish movie it is based on. Now Jim Sheridan has transferred the story to America, with the soldier, captured in Afghanistan, played by Tobey McGuire. It's getting early raves but who knows how many will care to see it. Here is the trailer:

2 comments:

Leahh said...

I just read this Fox News Review:"BROTHERS is a skillfully acted and moving drama that deals respectfully with the issue of post traumatic stress syndrome.”
I think its worth a try

Joshua said...

Danish movie, not Swedish.