---
title: 'Brothers (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jim Sheridan'
released: '2009-12-04'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/brothers-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765010/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Brothers (2009)

2009 · 100 min · Thriller, Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Brothers is a 2009 American psychological thriller war film directed by Jim Sheridan and written by David Benioff. The film is a remake of the 2004 Danish film by Susanne Bier, and both films take inspiration from the epic poem Odyssey by Homer. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins Jr., and Mare Winningham. The film follows Captain Sam Cahill, a USMC officer who is captured by the Taliban after he is presumably killed in the war in Afghanistan. Upon being rescued and reunited with his brother Tommy and wife Grace, he has severe PTSD as he struggles to reintegrate into society.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jim Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-sheridan)
- **Screenplay:** [Susanne Bier](https://cinepixo.com/people/susanne-bier), [Anders Thomas Jensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/anders-thomas-jensen), [David Benioff](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-benioff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Thomas Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-newman)
- **Producer:** [Ryan Kavanaugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryan-kavanaugh), [Michael De Luca](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-de-luca), [Sigurjón Sighvatsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigurjon-sighvatsson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Frederick Elmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-elmes)
- **Editor:** [Jay Cassidy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-cassidy)

## Cast

- [Clifton Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-collins)
- [Patrick Flueger](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-flueger)
- [Bailee Madison](https://cinepixo.com/people/bailee-madison)
- [Carey Mulligan](https://cinepixo.com/people/carey-mulligan)
- [Jake Gyllenhaal](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-gyllenhaal)
- [Mare Winningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/mare-winningham)
- [Jenny Wade](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-wade)
- [Ethan Suplee](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-suplee)
- [Taylor Geare](https://cinepixo.com/people/taylor-geare)
- [Tobey Maguire](https://cinepixo.com/people/tobey-maguire)
- [Natalie Portman](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-portman)
- [Sam Shepard](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-shepard)
- [Omid Abtahi](https://cinepixo.com/people/omid-abtahi)

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Official site: http://www.brothersfilm.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/brothers-2009
Film facts: Wikidata (Q948635); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.