The Brendan Perry character was obnoxiious in his refusal to allow his son to know his brother. Everyone else disagreed with him but he stubbornly refused cooperate. He said it was because his wife wanted to wait but everything changed and he was just not willing to relent. The Brendan Perry character was obnoxiious in his refusal to allow his son to know his brother. Everyone else disagreed with him but he stubbornly refused cooperate. He said it was because his wife wanted to wait but everything changed and he was just not willing to relent. Woul have been a better movie if he hadnt been so unreasonable.