The Brothers McMullen (1995)★ 6.6/10

R · US · 98 min · January 21, 1995

Comedy
Drama
Romance

Directed by: Edward Burns

Written by: Edward Burns

Three Irish Catholic brothers from Long Island struggle to deal with love, marriage, and infidelity.

Original title

The Brothers McMullen

Storyline

This angst-filled tale of three Irish-Catholic brothers explores men's relationships with women. Three different situations are set up on parallel plotlines, with each brother facing a different kind of crisis. Their common bond as family, as well as close lifelong friends, allows them to express their feelings frankly and intimately, as they talk and discuss their concerns among each other. Jack finds himself in a marriage gone stale and under pressure to start a family that he does not yet feel ready for. Barry, dedicated to his film career and almost pathologically averse to any type of commitment in a relationship, is suddenly artistically successful and finds true love, both for the first time and both pulling him in opposite directions. Patrick is torn between his love for his religion and ethnic heritage and his love for Susan, his longtime Jewish girlfriend. Ultimately, they are all asked to resist temptation of one sort or another, with various poignant outcomes.

Rating

6.6 / 10 · 9,225

Companies

Brothers McMullen Productions, Marlboro Road Gang Productions, Videography, Videography Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Columbia TriStar Films, Good Machine, Twentieth Century Fox, UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD), 20th Television, Fox Video, Prooptiki, RCV Film Distribution, Scandinavian Entertainment Group, Audio Visual Enterprises, Scanbox Entertainment, Cinemussy, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Canal+, RCV Home Entertainment, A-Film Home Entertainment, Triangelfilm

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