christian123 Review of Two Brothers

Two Brothers (2004)

Visually Attractive and An Above Average Family Film As Well

[4/10 · 6 June 2005]

Two Brothers is a nice family film to watch but it becomes to cheesy to take by the end. Two brother tiger cubs are separated at an early age when their mother is killed by a hunter (Guy Pearce). The bolder one is sold to a circus where his spirit is broken, while the gentler one fights for his survival becoming wilder and more fierce. When they meet again as adults, they are pitted against each other as enemies. The plot is something different then the average kids film yet this film will probably be more liked by adults. The story may bore kids too much as its not action packed nor is it an animated film. Granted, there were some boring spots but those were few and far in between. The kids may be turned off by the fact that a tiger gets shot in this film. Only one actually dies from a gunshot but another one is hit in the ear. The baby tigers are very cute and are fun to watch. The only human actor worth mentioning is Guy Pearce. He is overshadowed by the tigers but still does a good job. Jean-Jacques Annaud directs and he does a pretty good job. Two Brothers has amazing cinematography, probably some of the best I have seen all year. There's not a whole lot of dialog so kids may not like that. While it's a beautiful film to watch, sometimes I felt like I was watching the discovery channel or something. The running time of 108 minutes could have been cut down as not all was needed. I was enjoying the film until the end, then it became too cheesy to like. The brothers managed to met up with each other and they both manage to escape from the circus. When they successfully escaped they met up with their mom again and became one happy family. I thought this was a little too much but it's a kids film so they wanted a happy ending. I didn't like it though as it could have been a different type of family film if it had ended a little differently. In the end, this is a nice film to look at and its slightly above average as well. Rating 7/10, better then the most recent family film.