Rotten Tomatoes

Movies / TV

    Celebrity

      No Results Found

       View All       Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

      Brothers at War

      R Released Mar 13, 2009 1 hr. 52 min. Documentary War List
      70% 20 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Filmmaker Jake Rademacher embeds himself with four combat units, as he documents his brothers' experiences as soldiers in Iraq. Rademacher witnesses secret reconnaissance missions on the Syrian border, sniper "hide sites" in the Sunni Triangle and fierce gun battles with the Iraqi Army. After Rademacher follows his brothers home to the U.S., he records the ripple effect their life-threatening work has had on friends and family. Read More Read Less

      Audience Reviews

      View All (38) audience reviews
      Audience Member Real heroism in this excellent documentary. God bless our troops! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Amazing, though provoking. Thank you. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member its an interesting view from the inside about soldiers and their families. It's the real thing, with all the bad and good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Great documentary that gives you frontline action and short sojourns home by the soldiers. Each group the director goes out to recon with has a stand-out character all their own. The line between civilian life and being on the front line is a chasm some cannot cross. Well done for its ability to stay politically neutral, for the most part, and actual combat footage the director expereinced. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Good documentary that takes you into combat in Iraq and the battle that is fought on the home front. It is worth a look. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a documentary about a filmmaker who does two embeds in Iraq in an attempt to be closer to his two brothers (who have both done tours there in the US Army). The first half is a bit slow, but it successfully sets up the powerful and moving second half. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

      Cast & Crew

      Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew

      More Like This

      View All Best Movies to Stream at Home
      86% 66% Citizen Soldier Birds Eye View TRAILER for Citizen Soldier Birds Eye View 98% 82% City of Ghosts TRAILER for City of Ghosts 93% 92% Retrograde TRAILER for Retrograde 79% 79% Standard Operating Procedure 75% 74% Capitalism: A Love Story Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

      Photos

      View All Brothers at War photos

      Brothers at War

      View more photos

      Critics Reviews

      View All (20) Critics Reviews
      Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Rated: 3/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times Rademacher's vigorous commitment to making the documentary, as well as to his large, close-knit family, deserves respect. Rated: 3/5 May 15, 2009 Full Review Kyle Smith New York Post Brothers at War would be interesting enough if it merely observed soldiers in their element as they chill behind friendly lines, but this documentary, which begins at a low key, gradually becomes intense and psychologically complicated. Rated: 3/4 May 8, 2009 Full Review Elias Savada Film Threat A nicely done piece for such a personal story: harrowing, heroic, and occasionally gripping. Rated: 3/5 Jul 11, 2015 Full Review Sonny Bunch Washington Times Combining footage from the home front and the front lines, Brothers at War is the first comprehensive examination of life in Iraq through the eyes of a soldier and his loved ones. Rated: 3/4 Aug 30, 2009 Full Review Matthew Nestel Boxoffice Magazine The thoughtful work walks a few paces in soldiers' boots. Rated: 3/5 May 7, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Filmmaker Jake Rademacher embeds himself with four combat units, as he documents his brothers' experiences as soldiers in Iraq. Rademacher witnesses secret reconnaissance missions on the Syrian border, sniper "hide sites" in the Sunni Triangle and fierce gun battles with the Iraqi Army. After Rademacher follows his brothers home to the U.S., he records the ripple effect their life-threatening work has had on friends and family.
      Director
      Jake Rademacher
      Executive Producer
      David Scantling, Gary Sinise
      Distributor
      Samuel Goldwyn Company
      Rating
      R (A Brief War Image|Language)
      Genre
      Documentary, War
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 13, 2009, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 12, 2010
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $152.8K