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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: The intentions are admirable, but the movie is only so-so. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Bier, honored as an Emerging Master at the Seattle International Film Festival this year, is clearly a director to watch. In her hands, a story that could become melodramatic is gripping and heartbreaking. Read more
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: A talented director of ensembles and intimate scenes, Bier again proves herself a powerful, if occasionally overwrought, dramatist. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Imaginative and immensely engrossing. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: This is a tight, tense and extremely well-acted film, with no easy answers and an ending that felt was just right. Read more
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic: A profoundly affecting movie, one in which our sympathies lie with everyone. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A beautifully considered marvel of screenwriting. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Has an exact sense of emotional truth and a respect for the intricacy of character. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Accomplishes the rare feat of believably incorporating violence in another part of the world into an intimate study of shifting domestic relationships. Read more
Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News: A film potent enough to shock, but beguiling enough to intrigue. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Awkwardly hitched to current events. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: At its core, Susanne Bier's wrenching portrayal of the shifting dynamics within a Danish family is really about survival, about how we cope in the face of shattering grief and what we'll do -- anything, really -- to save ourselves. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: An appropriately uneasy blend of graphic military drama and tender romance, Brothers pulls no punches even as its worst violence occurs offscreen. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Though Brothers is at times unexpectedly harrowing, it is neither a preachy anti-war diatribe nor a triangulated domestic drama, but it does show how even little wars can disrupt the most harmonious families. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: The Danish filmmaker Suzanne Bier's gripping psychological drama is her second film to examine events worthy of Greek tragedy through a contemporary therapeutic lens. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is the kind of movie that doesn't solve everything at the end -- that observes some situations are capable not of solution but only of accommodation. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: While its focus is domestic drama, the film doesn't shy away from harsh scenes of wartime violence. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: A powerful, brutal, funny, tragic, vibrant, very human movie. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: Keeps itself floating above the suds thanks to Bier's crisp and lively visual design, the general loveliness of her cast ... and her attention to small moments of arresting domestic authenticity. Read more
Gunnar Rehlin, Variety: Again shows what skilled artists can do with a story that might have ended up filled with cliches. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Brothers emerges as no less or more than Bier's claustrophobic compositions and unimaginative choices. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Feels like an amalgam of newsreel and stage drama, but with the most potent aspects of both art forms. Read more