The Brother's McMullen
(1995)
Writer/director Edward Burns also stars in this raunchy, raucous
compendium of male commitment fears, as seen through the lives of
three Irish-American brothers. (Burns plays Barry, the middle one,
and the least Catholic of the three.) They live under the same roof
on Long Island, thanks to the oldest, Jack, who's married and has an
attic room to spare. Though, uh, "technically challenged"-- the
handmade film is blown up from 16mm-- the acting is relaxed, and the
dialogue is natural. Only the story situations seem unoriginal. I
don't buy what these characters get themselves into.
Grade: B+
Copyright 1995 Michael J. Legeros
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