While several friends loved it, I didn't care for this film. One can strive to find redemption in the way the 3 brothers cared for one another in this amazingly dysfunctional family, but it doesn't make up for the gratuitous violence and brutal portrayal of the killing of a dog.
This film seems mostly about pushing the edges of the shock envelope with frontal nudity (shaving and pub trimming included) psychological and physical brutality taking center stage. For some, this kind of non-Hollywood shock therapy is apparently enjoyable. For me it was an unfortunate way to spend one and one half hours.
Many people walked out during the screening I attended, and many more complained about the inclusion of this film in the local film festival as unnecessary. If hitting a painful nerve is the intent, this film does that well.
This film seems mostly about pushing the edges of the shock envelope with frontal nudity (shaving and pub trimming included) psychological and physical brutality taking center stage. For some, this kind of non-Hollywood shock therapy is apparently enjoyable. For me it was an unfortunate way to spend one and one half hours.
Many people walked out during the screening I attended, and many more complained about the inclusion of this film in the local film festival as unnecessary. If hitting a painful nerve is the intent, this film does that well.