Brothers (Brødre)

""Brothers'' puts a provocative new spin on a story as old as Cain and Abel. During the unfolding of this imaginative and immensely engrossing film, a virtuous Dane and his dissolute brother swap personalities, suggesting that moral fiber is not necessarily something you're born with but could develop as a result of circumstances. There's a seesaw dynamic between the siblings, as if one has to be down for the other to lift off..."

"Bier and Jensen are drawn to situations in which every answer leads to a question. The central performance in "Brothers" is by Connie Nielsen, who is strong, deep and true..."

"Intense Danish psychological drama from the same writer-director team who made Open Hearts, this is not for the fainthearted. A masterpiece of its kind..."

"Brothers shares some of the sophisticated ideas about guilt, grief and sibling love that made Lone Sherfig's Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself (also co-written by Anders Thomas Jensen) so fascinating, but it does not have the same charm. Nevertheless, the performances are impressive, especially Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Jannik and the very sympathetic Nielsen, who relishes the chance to show she's more than just a pretty face..."