Two Brothers Movie Review 2004

Kiddy fare about tiger brothers whose happy cubhood is shattered by the intrusion of Man. Great White Hunter (Pearce) guns down their father, and the cubs are snatched away into captivity. One cub is bought by a cruel circus owner (Scarito); the other becomes a child's (Highmore) pet. Neither can be tamed though, and circumstances reunite them with predictably tender results. Set in Indochina in the 1920s, with gorgeous backdrops of crumbling temples and lush jungles. The tigers are great, but human characters are exaggerated and unbelievable. Director Annaud shows great talent working with animals, as in previous work, "The Bear." Perhaps next time he'll leave out the humans.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 109 minutes.
Originally from French, British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Wild Kingdom, Period Piece: 20th Century, Jungle Stories, Asia

Screenplay

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast

Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Moussa Maaskri, Vincent Scarito, Mai Anh Le, Oanh Nguyen, Stephanie Lagarde

Cinematography

Jean-Marie Dreujou

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Music

Stephen Warbeck

Other

Noelle Bolsson, Franck Schwarz, Pierre Queffelean

Producer

Jake Eberts, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Xavier Castano, Pathe, TF-1 Films, Universal Studios