Brothers

Brothers have a role in your life

From director Paul Fraser (Heartlands, Somers Town, Dead Man’s Shoes) found the young and promissing Timmy Creed, who plays the 17-yar-old Noel, as well as the younger Paul Courtney (Paudie) and TJ Griffin (Scwally); the film also features established actors such as Kate Ashfield (Shaun of the Dead, Hush), Don Wycherley (Father Ted, Ondine) and Sarah Green (The Guard), proving that

Set over Halloween weekend in 1987, My Brothers tells the story of three boys’ journey to replace their dying father’s watch. Using a battered bread van, the brothers embark on a journey across the wild Irish landscape to get to an arcade machine in the small Irish seaside town of Ballybunion, where an identical watch resides.

Along the way they’re detoured by escalating brotherly battles in an off-beat and moving journey that eventually, changes their relationship and leads them back to their dying father.  The brothers’ relationship is solid and it never loses focus on the fact that it’s about them coping with the loss of their father. All three are very good actors and it’ll be a pleasure to see them in future roles.