The Brothers Solomon

2007 "They want to put a baby in you."
5.3| 1h33m| R| en
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A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild.

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Mjeteconer Just perfect...
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
cheerman1991 Two socially inept brothers trying to impregnate a woman for their father who happens to be in a comma. It seems like an awkward situation, and indeed it is. The Brothers Solomon features Will Arnett and Will Forte as the Solomon brothers who are attempting to find a carrier for their offspring. Enter Kristen Wiig. Janine (Wiig) offers to carry the child for the two brothers. Her boyfriend, James (Chi McBride), finds the entire situation discomforting, but the brothers do offer a good sum of money for the deed.The script offers a decent stream of laughs, and the actors deliver the laughs with some ease. The Solomon brothers are supposed to be smart, seeing as how both of them have PhD's, but at the same time they are supposed to be extremely naive from being home schooled and raised away from society. These characterizations do not seem to work throughout the movie. There are some scenes in which both Arnett and Forte carry it out well, but throughout the movie the characters are inconsistent. McBride is the funniest character in the movie. Every time he is on screen I found myself chuckling.The soundtrack to the film is predictable and annoying at times. The cinematography is nothing special, but that is to be expected from a comedy.The best way to describe this film is to compare it to Dumb & Dumber. It is nowhere near as funny as the Jim Carrey-Jeff Daniels hit, but the Will Arnett-Will Forte combination does offer the same silly comedy. If the audience does not expect an inventive comedy then it will be a quite entertaining movie.
TherewillbenoremakeofHP Sostopbitchingboutpast (predatorinden_1516) Yes i loved it. No I Didn't Intend to. No I don't post reviews all the time(I think this is my first full-fledged review on any site...enuf bout me). Yes this movie is that good...need say more? k fine...i watched my fair share of movies...actually i watched more than that...but this review is for those who are easily convinced by IMDb rating....fget the ratings...its a no-harm heart-warming comedy...stop using much of your brains and stop making me write so much(it costs me 50$ a word!!! just kidding...hahahaha...just watch d movie will ya). I know this review might not be helpful at all...but that is my point...stop reading this or any kind of reviews....there is nothing to review and everything to have fun with in this movie....stop figuring out my grammar and spell mistakes and WATCH THIS MOVIE...like right tonight with all your popcorn...and those who are still unconvinced....i gave 8 stars coz i don't usually give that many...ya m a big fan of movie rating system but fget all that.Bottom line (which probably will be the only thing u will read in my review coz I bore so much)is.... ONE--TWO--THREE....WATCH SOLOMON BROTHERS
Wizard-8 "The Brothers Solomon" was one of the last features made by Revolution Studios - its pedigree should automatically give you some alarm. Also giving viewers an alarm was that the fact Sony released it under its Tri-Star banner, which is usually does for movies it doesn't have confidence in. Not only that, the movie only got a theatrical release in about a third of the number of theaters qualifying for a wide release.Actually, the movie isn't as bad as you might think. For one thing, the portrayal of the brothers was more palatable than usual. Yes, they are morons, but they are not annoying morons like the characters in movies like "Dumb & Dumber" - they seem genuinely naive. Arnett and Forte do a credible job in their roles, but it's Chi McBride who steals the show as the surrogate's boyfriend - he's genuinely funny.There are some other laughs elsewhere in the movie, I'll admit. But overall I didn't find the movie to be funny enough to recommend. Many times it seems to be doing the same kind of gags over and over, and pretty simpleminded gags as well. Another thing I didn't like was the use of vulgar language. Don't get me wrong, I've seen plenty of movies with vulgar language that I've enjoyed, but it's wrong here. The movie seems to be trying to be sweet and innocent, so the rough language seems very out of place.I won't miss Revolution Studios.
moselekm I usually don't write reviews for comedies, because they usually don't deserve one. These days, we know our actors and can say, "Yea, it's going to contain this sort of comedy, if I liked what he (or they) did last year, I will love this," and that isn't to put down comedies at all, they are made that way and they're hilarious (as most comedians usually write or co-write and produce their films these days). This film, which I never even heard whimpered or scoffed of anywhere, deserves a review, because I don't think many people paid it any mind.The film was written by Forte (Dean Solomon), a recent SNL personality (I never watch it personally). I never knew his comedy style, but the two brothers, (John Solomon played by Arnett) both have symmetrical characters who play off each other as pretty much two men who were raised in a sheltered home and pretty much see everything in a very positive light.Their own characters weren't even that annoying, as one might think, and I am easily annoyed by characters. They were straight forward guys who would ball-bust people with a smile on their face. The comedy is situational to them pretty much completing scenes with their personalities (playful 'burning' of each other with wise cracks or situations that happened to them and getting by spotty and racy situations by their pure ignorance to their offenses).Simply put, if you like comedy, you will like this movie. It has a very good modern plot with a twist and two characters who are hilarious. If you liked Dumb and Dumber you should be reminded of the quaint quirky humor back in the 90's, with this new fresh look at situational comedy.The plot also keeps moving, unlike some comedies that catch a snag. This movie is continuously in motion with pretty much trial and error scenes that are all a laugh.