Disappointing comedy that takes a single joke and attempts to stretch it over an entire movie, with predictably poor results.
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11/03/07
The Brothers Solomon (2007)
16 %
Reviews Counted: 68 Fresh: 11 Rotten:57 Average Rating: 3.4/10
Consensus:
Squandering its impressive cast with poorly-directed gags, The Brothers Solomon is a one-joke film stretched well beyond its limits.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Theatrical Release: 02-11-2007
Synopsis: SNL's Will Forte co-writes and stars in this raucous comedy alongside ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT's Will Arnett. Dean and John Solomon are very close. In fact, they are so close that they live together in a baby-blue apartment, even as adults. Having been home-schooled in the Arctic, the brothers... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Will Arnett, Will Forte, Chi McBride, Kristen Wiig, Jenna Fischer
Director: Bob Odenkirk
Screenwriter: Will Forte
Producer: Matt Berenson, Paddy Cullen
Composer: John Swihart
Screenwriter: Will Forte
Producer: Matt Berenson, Paddy Cullen
Composer: John Swihart
Reviews
Odd-couple comedy that tries much too hard and, in other ways, not hard enough.
11/02/07
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Oh, brother! Firing blanks in every direction, this tedious vehicle for two hard-to-like comedians is stillborn from the off.
11/02/07
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Direction is undistinguished, and the editing leaves far too much room for laughs that never arrive.
11/02/07
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A series of musty gross-out gags ranging in sophistication from sperm bank hijinks to sloppy man-on-man kissing, Bob Odenkirk’s cringemaker-with-a-heart is a ragged Xerox of Dumb And Dumber that seems incredibly creaky after the summer of Superbad.
11/02/07
The only amusement here comes from counting the imaginary tumbleweeds that so frequently roll across the screen.
11/01/07
Audiences will need an epidural to endure the excruciating pain of watching this geek-and-jerk combo stumble through three trimesters.
11/01/07
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09/22/07
The script focuses more on its over-egged punchlines than any genuine attempt to tell a story that might amuse us. And it feels like a one-gag sketch stretched beyond the breaking point.
09/20/07
...benefits from the inclusion of several genuinely funny whacked-out bits of comedy...
12/11/07
The story makes no sense, and the two lead characters are repulsive, but I must confess I laughed immoderately at this clever piece of junk.
12/03/07
Imagines what might happen if Rod and Todd Flanders grew up and decided to have a surrogate child together.
10/30/07
Indeed the exercise in barely-organized stupidity that it appears to be.
10/14/07
What feels like a three-hour descent into boredom is only a 90-minute test of might -- pitting you against unlikable characters, horribly written dialogue, and direction that's as painful as a root canal.
09/22/07
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