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Brothers: movie review

( R )

( Monitor Movie Guide )

Tobey Maguire plays a returning vet in 鈥楤rothers,鈥� a dark drama about identity and the costs of war on the home front.

Lorey Sebastian/Lionsgate/AP

In this film publicity image released by Lionsgate, Tobey Maguire, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal are shown in a scene from, 'Brothers.'

By Peter Rainer Film critic

Dec. 23, 2009, 9:37 a.m. ET

鈥淏rothers,鈥� the latest in a lineup of home-from-the-war movies that extends back to 鈥淪top-Loss鈥� and 鈥�In the Valley of Elah,鈥� is frustrating because it misuses so much talent. Tobey Maguire, deeply miscast, plays Sam, the dutiful Marine son of an alcoholic father (Sam Shepard) who is presumed dead in Afghanistan. Natalie Portman is Sam鈥檚 high school sweetheart wife, and Jake Gyllenhaal, in the film鈥檚 only piece of believable acting, is Sam鈥檚 ne鈥檈r-do-well brother who is helping raise his two kids. Then Sam unexpectedly returns, and his violent degeneration consists mostly of breaking things and shouting. Jim Sheridan, who in better times is capable of being as good as it gets with actors 鈥� in 鈥�My Left Foot鈥� and 鈥淚n the Name of the Father鈥� 鈥� directed from a script by David Benioff. Grade: C (Rated R for language and some disturbing violent content.)