'

7 Chinese Brothers

Play trailer

1:57

7 Chinese Brothers

Released Aug 28, 2015

1h 15m

Comedy

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

73%

Tomatometer

37 Reviews

44%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

Fired from a restaurant, a hard-drinking slacker (Jason Schwartzman) lands a job at a garage and becomes smitten with his lovely, new boss (Eleanore Pienta).

Watch on Fandango at Home

Buy Now

Critics Consensus

Its modest narrative may prove too mundane at times, but Jason Schwartzman's charmingly deadpan performance and an idiosyncratic streak of humor make 7 Chinese Brothers a worthwhile entry of slacker cinema.

Read Critics Reviews

Miriam Di Nunzio

Chicago Sun-Times

The film never allows the audience to truly get to know any of the characters in Larry's world, a world in which their uniform shirts emblazoned with company logos and their first names serve as reminders of their lot in life.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 3, 2015

Full Review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

By widening his soulful puppy eyes - matched only, quite eerily, by those of his French bulldog in real life, Arrow - Schwartzman successfully dares audiences to care.

Sep 3, 2015

Full Review

Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

Schwartzman ... gives Larry enough humanity and a modicum of personal growth that you keep coming back for more.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 3, 2015

Full Review

Jordan Brooks

Vague Visages

While framed as a film about learning some great lesson about life and happiness, 7 Chinese Brothers never really builds from this assumed groundwork.

Aug 2, 2023

Full Review

Dominic Ellis

4:3

A very funny, resonant and, most importantly, self-aware film that allows a grade-A performer to show off his deadpan chops.

Rated: Recommended

Apr 1, 2017

Full Review

Bill Graham

The Film Stage

7 Chinese Brothers has an abundance of half-hearted slacker charm that it is hard to fault.

Rated: B-

Feb 23, 2016

Full Review

Read all reviews

Bob

Arrow is Jason Schwartzman's French Bulldog in real life. So many films fail with 'the cute pet' coming across as contrived and gimmicky. What makes the chemistry work, the deadpan sardonic slack the planet pathos of 7 Chinese Brothers, is that nobody is really probably acting all that much.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/24

Full Review

Audience Member

i wanted to hate it because i identified with this lackluster loser drifting through life in Austin TX, however I ended up loving it mainly for the trippy script and the fact that its the actor's real life dog. i dunno, i just worked for me. i think the writer is the coolest kind of writer.....

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

Full Review

Audience Member

I give this a B-/82.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

Full Review

Audience Member

This movie is...I don't know how to put it?...different? weird? uneventful?....you leave this whole scenario just the same way you got there in the first place: with no message and no moral story,which is not bad,but it's also not great. I love Jason Schwartzman in everything,as an actor as a musician...as an artist,period and not because he's hollywood royalty or anything like that,he's just a very likable guy,his dog is the funniest part of the movie. if you dig quirky,independent,low budget with no high expectations films,this might be a good one for you.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

Full Review

Audience Member

fabulous and hilarious film!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

Full Review

Audience Member

I'm not sure what the point of this movie was at all. The characters are neither interesting nor likable, but... I didn't hate it. Mainly I watched it because Tunde from TV on the Radio is in it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Bob Byington

Director

Jason Schwartzman

Larry

Olympia Dukakis

Grandma

Tunde Adebimpe

Major Norwood

Eleanore Pienta

Lupe

Stephen Root

George

Back in the Day

11%

47%

Back in the Day

Watchlist

Unfinished Business

10%

28%

Unfinished Business

Watchlist

Fat Kid Rules the World

84%

61%

Fat Kid Rules the World

Watchlist

Hit by Lightning

13%

19%

Hit by Lightning

Watchlist

Goats

19%

40%

Goats

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

No Escape Is Tense but Problematic

Now Streaming: Furious 7, Love & Mercy, Fargo And More

7 Chinese Brothers: Trailer 1

1:57

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

Fired from a restaurant, a hard-drinking slacker (Jason Schwartzman) lands a job at a garage and becomes smitten with his lovely, new boss (Eleanore Pienta).

Director: Bob Byington
Producer: Seana Flanagan, Nancy Schafer, Molly Christie Benson
Screenwriter: Bob Byington
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Production Co: Faliro House
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 28, 2015
Runtime: 1h 15m

Most Popular at Home Now