Chichester Cinema at New Park
Brothers
A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan.
Based on Susanne Bier's Danish film, "Brothers", this tells the powerful story of two siblings, 30-something Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters. Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who's always gotten by on wit and charm. Shipped out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children. When Sam comes home, traumatized by being held prisoner in the mountains of Afghanistan, nothing is the same.
USA · 2009 · JIM SHERIDAN
