Brothers

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Here is a flick which has been gaining quite a bit of word-of-mouth popularity in recent weeks...

Thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and his younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal) , are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tourof duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace ( Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters. Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who's always gotten by on wit and charm.

He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam's farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie and Hank Cahill, a retired Marine. Shipped out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains.

At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children—with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family.

This could be the cult hit of late 2009

Brothers will hit Australian screens in early 2010.