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Brotherhood

Play trailer Poster for Brotherhood R 2011 1h 16m Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A fraternity pledge (Trevor Morgan) must choose between his new brothers and his conscience after an initiation prank goes horribly wrong.
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Critics Consensus

Brotherhood's fast-paced look at a fraternity pledge gone nightmarishly wrong has a kinetic pull that isn't always strong enough to overcome a hollow narrative.

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Neil Genzlinger New York Times 03/11/2011
3/5
The gathering implausibility is dispelled by a nice ending twist. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian 03/07/2011
3/5
Brotherhood has its faults -- the plot unravels a fair bit -- but the Tarantino homage is reasonable and the nightmarish atmosphere well maintained, with bizarre black-comic jolts. Go to Full Review
Joe Leydon Variety 03/03/2011
Ingeniously constructed and propulsively paced. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 07/14/2022
The film is an interesting intellectual game where there is no sin without penance. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Rob Hunter Film School Rejects 01/24/2012
B+
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 05/20/2011
2/4
...a passable thriller [that is] disappointingly uninvolving for the duration of its refreshingly brief running time. Go to Full Review
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Shai J 06/26/2024 Sorry but this was not a good movie. Low quality, overly dramatic acting, I could have filmed a better movie. Please do not waste your time. We all knew how the movie was going to end! See more dan b 09/19/2022 I liked it, had to use some imagination but I thought it was a good movie See more 08/08/2017 A bizarre and in some ways comical, interesting non stop entertaining film. See more 12/28/2016 Avg. not as good as the others See more 09/08/2016 this was a good film with some funny parts and the past always catches up with you. See more 12/06/2015 Brotherhood is suspenseful and entertaining... it's just hard to watch an entire film full of moronic decisions. This movie feels a little forced. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A fraternity pledge (Trevor Morgan) must choose between his new brothers and his conscience after an initiation prank goes horribly wrong.
Director
Will Canon
Producer
Chris Pollack, Jason Croft, Steve Hein, Tim O'Hair
Screenwriter
Will Canon, Doug Simon
Distributor
Phase 4 Films
Production Co
Hunting Lane, Instinctive Film
Rating
R (Some Violence|Sexual Content|Pervasive Language)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 18, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.5K
Runtime
1h 16m
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