- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: 110 min
- Genre: Documentary, War
- Starring: Mahmoud Hamid Ali, Edward Allier, Ryan Baker, Zack Corke ... see all
- Director: Jake Rademacher
- Plot: BROTHERS AT WAR is an intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers... Read more
User Reviews
Awesome Documentary
Apr 21, 2009
dominicbrodrick - yahoo.com
Apr 21, 2009dominicbrodrick - yahoo.com
Portrays the war from a families point of view, which is often forgotten. Great for those not in the military to get a perspective.... Full review
Great movie
Mar 21, 2009
Grape316 - yahoo.com
Mar 21, 2009Grape316 - yahoo.com
I saw this movie today and it was a great representation of the brave soldiers that are willing to give their lives for their country. I was glad to see this was not a political movie and was more focused on... Full review
Profoundly moving film.
Mar 21, 2009
suzbaroody - yahoo.com
Mar 21, 2009suzbaroody - yahoo.com
This is not some slick, overdramatized, exploitative "war movie." It is a documentary about the real experiences of a group of soldiers in Iraq. I saw this film in a theatre on an army post - a tough audience if ever... Full review
Worth watching, regardless of politics
Mar 21, 2009
jenniferjcoffey - yahoo.com
Mar 21, 2009jenniferjcoffey - yahoo.com
This movie isn't a war movie. It's a documentary about an actor-turned-filmmaker's family, focusing on his relationship with his two brothers who are serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq. He goes to Iraq in an attempt to "identify" with them... Full review
What the heck happened to the other 16 reviews?
Mar 14, 2009
KevinKD62 - yahoo.com
Mar 14, 2009KevinKD62 - yahoo.com
I wanted to read them. Why are they gone? Why are the links for this inactive? I hope yahoo hasn't gone the way of google and wikipropagandia and jumped on the ultra left wing bias bandwagon. Please tell me there's simply... Full review
Its A Great War Movie
Mar 13, 2009
kidboo2004 - yahoo.com
Mar 13, 2009kidboo2004 - yahoo.com
Brothers at war is one of those war movies that your supposed to get sucked into but by the end of the movie your in aww by the story and direction of the film.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Mar 20, 2009Fox News
The film has been getting rave reviews.......The film follows the triumphs and trials of our military men, women, and their families..... ... Full Review
| Mar 13, 2009PopMatters
his diagnosis, smiling and suntanned, the film suggests....It is striking that Brothers at War approaches this profound....The film doesn't pretend to discover how men (or women) are convinced to participate, despite all odds, in such trauma.....thinks he has some decent images..... ... Full Review
News
Traumatic though it is, war inevitably provides an education. New strategies, tactics, technologies and political points of view emerge from practically every conflict. Filmmakers compelled to address the war on terror and its biggest theater, Iraq, have hopefully learned a... ... Full Article
Short takes: 'Rudo y Cursi', 'Little Ashes', 'Julia', 'Outrage', 'Brothers At War'
nydailynews.com –
2009-05-08
Documentary about a threatened community garden in South Central L.A. (1:20) Unrated. At Cinema Village. This Oscar-nominated doc is about grassroots connection, in every sense of the word. ... Full Article
Brothers at War (2009)
nytimes.com –
2009-05-08
Iraq war documentary becomes family affair
gazette.com –
2009-04-02
Other Iraq war documentaries have attempted to tell the tale from a soldier's perspective or an Iraqi's perspective. Jake Rademacher's new film, "Brothers at War," tells it from a family's perspective. ... Full Article
Hollywood has not been very forthcoming making honest movies about the War on Terror, especially the War in Iraq. An independent documentary film called Brothers at War may be about to change all of that.Brothers at War is the creation... ... Full Article
PDT Raleigh, N.C. (AP) -- Jake Rademacher finally got to go to war. It wasn't the way he had hoped - his childhood dream to attend West Point was dashed when poor eyesight kept him out. ... Full Article

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Brothers At War (2009) Movie Trailer
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