Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 10/03/2000
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2/1
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Shot on weekends over an eight-month period with practically no budget, writer/director/producer/actor
Edward Burns' first feature is a
family drama centering on the tumultuous love lives of three small-town, Irish-American brothers.
Burns stars as
Barry, the middle child who finds himself needing a place to stay and moves in with big brother
Jack (
Jack Mulcahy). Despite being seemingly happily married to
Molly (
Connie Britton),
Jack gives in to temptation and begins having a sexual affair. All the while, devout-Catholic baby brother
Patrick (
Mike McGlone) faces an ongoing struggle to deal with the religious leanings of the women in his life.
The Brothers McMullen premiered at the
1995 Sundance Film Festival, where it was at the center of a fierce bidding war.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide