The Brothers McMullen

Released:1995
Drama, Comedy
Director: Edward Burns
Starring: Edward Burns, Jack Mulcahy, Michael McGlone
Rated: R
Running Time: 98 minutes


The breakdown:
Three Catholic Irish brothers talk about love and life while living in New York.


There's these three adult brothers that are sharing the same house in New York and trying to find themselves amongst their religion, their beliefs, their love lives, and their careers, or lack there of.
You can tell it's the first time out for filmmaker/actor/director/screenwriter Burns.  This movie got really good reviews, but I think it was a little plain.  I mean, for the first time out, it was a good start, but I think it was lacking in a lot of things.  I was mildly interested in seeing this film, but overall, it was just ok for me.
The boys seem to be really lost, one doesn't know whether he should stay with his current girlfriend or not and whether he wants to work for her father or not and maybe get married or not, the other ones been married to someone he says he deeply loves for five years and is then tempted to cheat on her with a woman that used to date one of his other brothers, then there's the last brother who certainly doesn't want to settle down or have kids and ends up finding a woman he really can't live without.

I give it 2 out of 5 for a solid first effort, but from someone more well known I would expect much much more.  I say skip it unless you've been wanting to really see it for a long long time, then have at it.