Brothers (2009)

Brothers: Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard. While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam’s copter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.

“I see a lot of people really disliked this film but I thought it was pretty decent. I guess it can move a tad slow but the story needs time to develop.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA United States Marine returns home from Afghanistan with PTSD and thinks his Brother is sleeping with his wife and moving in on his family. Then the crap starts to hit the fan.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting by the 3 leads in excellent. Jake Gyllenhaal (Tommy) Natalie Portman (Grace) and Toby Maguire (Capt. Sam Cahill) Toby really kills his part….Excellent.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all I think this is a very well done Film.”