The Brothers (2001/I)

Director:

Gary Hardwick

Writer (WGA):

Gary Hardwick (written by)

Release Date:

23 March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Refusing To Exhale

Plot:

Four friends begin to question women and relationships when one of them announces impending nuptials.

Plot Keywords:

African American | Basketball | Friendship Between Men | Music | Father Son Conflict

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Morris Chestnut	...	Jackson Smith
D.L. Hughley	...	Derrick West
Bill Bellamy	...	Brian Palmer
Shemar Moore	...	Terry White
Gabrielle Union	...	Denise Johnson
Tatyana Ali	...	Cherie Smith
Jenifer Lewis	...	Louise Smith
Tamala Jones	...	Sheila West
Clifton Powell	...	Fred Smith
Susan Dalian	...	BeBe Fales
Marla Gibbs	...	Mary West
Julie Benz	...	Jesse Caldwell
Vanessa Bell Calloway	...	Dr. Thelma Woolridge
Angelle Brooks	...	Judge Carla Williams
Kimberly Scott	...	Redena's Mom

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #36617)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Screen Gems

Quotes:

Jesse Caldwell: So you've known me for a while, and all of a sudden, you ask me out. What took you so long?

Movie Connections:

References "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Good Love

one for the fellas...

It's time for a movie from the standpoint of the guys....no more should we have to sit idly by and listen to the screaming of the women telling how like dogs we are rather, we should prove it ourselves...wait, that didn't sound right. The Brothers is an entertaining movie about four friends played by Shemar Moore, D.L. Hughley, Bill Bellamy, and Morris Chestnutt. The four men get together every week to play ball and catch up on either other's lives. Unfortunately Moore is threatening to break up the group by getting engaged. The movie then goes through the every day actions and re-actions of the four. Hughley is not happily married. He does have a child but his wife...won't do certain things for him, and as a result he threatens to move his senile mother in with them. Bellamy is the ultimate player who decides he can no longer stick with the "Sista's" because they are basically crazy so he is going to try other women...read white...to see how they are. Moore is trying to catch up to what he has done out of fear of getting older and being by himself and Chestnutt is commitment phobic and fighting with the revelations that have arrived around his new girlfriend who had seemed to be getting him over his problem. The movie is very well done. It jumps from star to star with no problems in coherent story-telling. The acting is quite good and some of the supporting characters are hilarious. The movie is packed with comedy and drama however it can be a tad vulgar in some people's eyes. Overall I really enjoyed this one but would place both Best Man and The Wood above it in terms of total quality.