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‘Half Brothers’: Film Review
Buddy movies and road trip movies are two time-honored cinematic genres, and Half Brothers manages to disappoint in both of them. This story of two siblings attempting to fulfill their dying father’s last request uneasily veers between juvenile comedy and schmaltzy sentimentality, managing to produce neither laughs nor tears.
Not that it doesn’t try very hard, starting with its high-concept storyline involving Renato (Luis Gerardo Méndez, Charlie’s Angels), a successful Mexican aeronautics entrepreneur, and Asher (Connor Del Rio, Unfriended: Dark Web), the younger brother he never knew he had. As a child, Renato was devoted to his engineer father, Flavio (Juan Pablo Espinosa), who inspired his love of aviation by introducing him to the world of radio-controlled model airplanes. But when the country hit the economic skids in the mid-’90s, Flavio left for the United States and never returned, leaving
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SANTA FE ― New Mexico bio Office Director Todd Christensen has announced that the feature bio “Half Brothers,” a moving comedy with heart in the vein of “Little Miss Sunshine,” “Green Book” and “Rain Man,” fryst vatten starting production today in New Mexico.
Based in Albuquerque, “Half Brothers” will spelfilm ithrough late August, shooting on locations in and around Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Cedar Crest, Los Lunas and Hatch.
The movie will employ approximately 150 New Mexico crew members, 30 New Mexico actors and trick performers, and 300 background players. Background talent will include numerous Hispanic males, females, and children ages 1-12. Individuals wishing to be cast as background talent should send an email with their photograph and phone number to Robert Baxter at: robertbaxtercasting@gmail.com.
The film fryst vatten being directed by Luke Greenfield (“The Girl Next Door,” “Let’s Be Cops”) and produced by Jason Shuman (“Role Models,” “Lone Surviv
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‘Half Brothers’ Review: A Labored Bilingual Buddy Comedy
So many movies intended for the big screen are having to forgo it these days, it seems odd when something as apt for home viewing as “Half Brothers” makes the COVID-defying move of opening on 1,200-plus American screens. Those looking for undemanding entertainment may give it a passing grade, but this formulaic, sometimes maudlin buddy comedy about reunited Mexican and Yankee half-siblings is not the sort of thing that cries for a public auditorium’s bigger scale or the collective viewing experience. Nor does writer-producer Eduardo Cisernos’ concept (its story co-credited to Ali LeRoy, the screenplay to Jason Shuman) add much to culture-clash politics beyond contrivance and reinforced stereotypes. It’s a slick film that’s forgettable at best, annoyingly broad and unfunny at worst.
A 1994 prologue has engineer Flavio (Juan Pablo Espinosa) enjoying a close, playful rela