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Relationship between the brothers

posted 13 years ago by camillastevens
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The best thing about this movie is the relationship between the two brothers. Tom Sturridge and Scott Mechlowicz do such a wonderful job. The cab scene had me in tears, especially when Jim starts to cry and gently kisses Will. It seemed so organic and genuine. Another scene that got me between these two was the garden table scene. Tom's performance is just so powerful, and yet so subtle. Great work. I don't understand why this movie didn't resonate with critics. Sure, it's not perfect, it has its flaws, but it's most certainly not an awful piece of work.

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[–] kittoo4202004 13 years ago

I agree. The relationship between them was indeed really great. I too was almost in tears in the cab scene, especially when Jim starts to cry.

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[–] eyemadreamer-948-120372 13 years ago

AGREED!! Amazing chemistry between the two of them. You don't see that very often in movies. Damn the critics.

[–] xelocin 13 years ago

I agree 100%
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[–] anasgpais 13 years ago

I agree. The actor who played Jim was the best. He played his character wonderfully, I loved how they first present him as the "boring" brother, the one with a job, wife and kids. Later, you can tell that he suffered trough is live for both him and his brother, so he could protect him. Will is like this because Jim allowed him to be a child.
Its a beautiful storyline, much more interesting then the love story, really.

[–] astrian 13 years ago

Yes! Totally agree. I wish the movie would've been more focus on the two brothers. I didn't really care about the love story.

[–] Screen_Queen 13 years ago

Well said, anasgpais. The dynamic of the relationship had been done countless times before, but they managed to keep it from becoming cliched by constructing it in a unique way. I think Jim was so critical of Will not only because he didn't like his carefree no-responsibility attitude, but also because a part of him was just afraid Will's insistence on sticking out meant he would never fit in in a world full of plain and normal people. He didn't get why he acted that way because he didn't see Will's dreams in the same way he saw them. Will's hopes and dreams were so unusual Jim thought he was delusional, but what he didn't understand until the very end was that Will's dreams were different because he was different, and that would always be how he was, and there was nothing wrong with it. All he had to do was try to understand him instead of judging him with the rest of the world. I loved the evolution of their relationship in this way.

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[–] ElianBaker 13 years ago

I found their scenes together to be so emotional, really touching after the arrest.

I was somewhat confused as to how their parents died if it wasn't in a train crash as Willy believed. The brother explains their mother was sick, right? Did i miss something or how did their father die then?

[–] Screen_Queen 12 years ago

I've seen a lot of movies since watching this so my memory might be a little off, but I believe they were on the train because they were travelling to get her (weekly?) treatment. They told their kids however that they were going to watch a matinee show, and Willy comments later that there were no matinees on Thursdays and he should have known what was really happening. I don't think he knew his mother was sick. So yes, they did die in the train crash, just not for the reason Willy originally thought.

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[–] rph_qt 12 years ago

i was in tears too.. love the scene in the taxi.

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