Brothers
Taste attributes: dramawarslowunsavouryheavyrealisticgrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeA weighty, moving war film: grounded and slow-paced. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.6 /10
TMDB · 69 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is reported dead to the family.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Directed by
- Susanne Bier
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Zentropa Entertainments
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
