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Title: Very brotherly
Review: As good as the directing and the acting, and the casting all were in this film, the _writing_ is what made it possible for this movie not to be the hackneyed drivel it had a very real chance of being. Whoever wrote this either had a very close, if tumultuous, relationship with their brother or brothers or really is/are the best writers of the year. This movie is entirely too full of the casual abuse and obvious if unspoken affection brothers hold for each other. From the opening to the closing credits the writing in this movie shines bright. That said John Singleton deserves a great amount of credit, as do the entire cast Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjermain, and especially newcomer Garrett Hedlund turned in the type of stellar roles that on their own could elevate a "B" movie to "A" status.
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