The Brothers Solomon
The Brothers Solomon
R | 07 September 2007 (USA)
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A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild.

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Scanialara

You won't be disappointed!

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Wordiezett

So much average

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VividSimon

Simply Perfect

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Mathilde the Guild

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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cheerman1991

Two socially inept brothers trying to impregnate a woman for their father who happens to be in a comma. It seems like an awkward situation, and indeed it is. The Brothers Solomon features Will Arnett and Will Forte as the Solomon brothers who are attempting to find a carrier for their offspring. Enter Kristen Wiig. Janine (Wiig) offers to carry the child for the two brothers. Her boyfriend, James (Chi McBride), finds the entire situation discomforting, but the brothers do offer a good sum of money for the deed.The script offers a decent stream of laughs, and the actors deliver the laughs with some ease. The Solomon brothers are supposed to be smart, seeing as how both of them have PhD's, but at the same time they are supposed to be extremely naive from being home schooled and raised away from society. These characterizations do not seem to work throughout the movie. There are some scenes in which both Arnett and Forte carry it out well, but throughout the movie the characters are inconsistent. McBride is the funniest character in the movie. Every time he is on screen I found myself chuckling.The soundtrack to the film is predictable and annoying at times. The cinematography is nothing special, but that is to be expected from a comedy.The best way to describe this film is to compare it to Dumb & Dumber. It is nowhere near as funny as the Jim Carrey-Jeff Daniels hit, but the Will Arnett-Will Forte combination does offer the same silly comedy. If the audience does not expect an inventive comedy then it will be a quite entertaining movie.

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zombiefan89

Saying the movie was weird is a gross understatement! Watching it on TV, I did not see the title, or possible the first five minutes. I wasn't even sure that it was a movie. It looked like one of those crummy TV sitcoms. At first, I thought the men were homosexual, which was fine for me. Then they said, "Oh, we're not gay, we're brothers!" My reaction was "WHAT!? You two act like THAT and you're brothers...?!" They get on Craig's List and on the whim of wanting a baby, they find a segregate mother, Janine. I was especially suspicious of Janine! First words out of her mouth were "Do you have the money?" like a drooling thief. This will never work out, I thought, she just robbed them. BUT oh and behold, she was actually a nice person! Janine's pregnancy is the major plot of the movie. However, the ending came as no surprise at all. The baby turns out to be black, but the two idiot protagonists don't even seem to notice or care that neither of them were the father. As weird as the movie was, I'll admit, I'd watch the sequel. I'm interested to find out if the black man will seek custody.

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jotix100

John and Dean Solomon are two guys that have been away from civilization for too long. After their mother died, their father Ed, decided to take them to the North Pole where the boys wanted to live and gave them a home education. The result of their upbringing created two guys that are misfits in a society such as ours where being cool is the norm. These brothers have no clue as to how to act.When Ed Solomon collapses into a coma, the boys decide to bring him home together with all the medical paraphernalia that will keep him alive. In one lucid moment John and Dean figure what could be best to get the father out of his condition? They decide it must be a baby that will restore his lost health because of the joy it will give the old man. The only problem is these guys do not know how to create it."The Brothers Solomon", directed by Bob Odenkirk, a man that has been among the writers for Saturaday Night Live and has been involved in a lot of television. The comedy was written by one of the stars, Will Forte, who plays Dean Solomon. This is a picture that is obviously not for everybody, and, judging by the negative comments submitted to this forum, has equal amounts of lovers and haters. Some of the gags work better than others. The director gets deadpan acting from the two principals that deliver their lines with a straight face.Will Arnett and Will Forte play the inane brothers with gusto. To their credit, both actors are never obnoxious. This is a perfect party movie when friends are looking for a few laughs enjoying a cold beer. Kristen Wiig, also of S.N.L., Malin Ackerman, Chi McBride and Lee Majors, who never utters a word, are seen in supporting roles.

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stratsz28

I had rather low expectations for this movie based on the IMDb rating. I was more than pleasantly surprised. This movie was extremely funny but does require an outside-the-box sense of humor. I rarely watch a movie twice in a row (I think Finding Nemo or O Brother Where Art Thou was the last time), but I could not help seeing this one a second time. In fact, I'm getting so excited as I write this review that I may go watch it again.Before you decide to watch this movie, realize that your enjoyment of The Brothers Solomon will hinder on these qualifications: 1. You probably should already appreciate the work of Will Arnett and Will Forte. 2. You don't care at all about the quality of the plot. 3. You are willing to tolerate the fact that many components of the plot are very unrealistic.

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