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Last night David and I spent a nice night out running around enjoying the quiet weekend. We decided to see the new film Brothers which stars Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal:

I am happy to report that Brothers is really a great film. I understand it is an American remake of a 2005 Danish film titled Brødre that is loosely based on the parable of The Prodigal Son in the Bible. Tobey Maguire delivers an insanely powerful performance in this film and, to my great pleasure, so do Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal. I should also mention that the little scene-stealers, Taylor Geare and Bailee Madison (who play daughters to Tobey and Natalie‘s characters), were phenomenal as well. The movie is really emotional and the drama gets extremely complicated but over all it works. It felt like a play to me but, again, the story works well on the big screen. I am SO anxious to see the original Danish film … I hear that it is a fantastic film. Brothers is not light-hearted fare but I think it is deffo worth your time … I think you’ll be as impressed as I was with the caliber of performances by the lead actors.

Before we made our way to the late-showing of Brothers, David and I grabbed a bite to eat at Outback steakhouse and enjoyed dessert at Krispy Kreme. If you are so inclined, I have some food porn photos of our adventure to share after the jump …

Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire were joined by Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson and fashion designer Christian Siriano and others at an NYC premiere screening event for their new film Brothers which was held at the SVA Theater last night. Unfortch, tho, Jake Gyllenhaal — who also stars in the film — was not in attendance at last night’s event. Here are a few photos from the red carpet arrivals along with some deets about the movie itself:

Natalie Portman joined Toby Maguire for the premiere of their new movie Brothers in which they star alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in a modern take on the prodigal son parable. Portman plays Grace Cahill whose husband Sam, played by Maguire, is the model citizen, war hero and son of a combative Vietnam veteran. His brother Tommy is played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Tommy is a drunk who has recently been released from prison but when the news of the suspected death of his brother reaches the Cahill family, the delinquent brother turns over a new leaf to protect Sam’s children and wife. Tommy falls for Grace only for his brother to miraculously return from harrowing torture in Afghanistan and a battle for the beautiful Portman’s affection ensues. Focusing on political apathy for war and the troubles faced by families of servicemen, Brothers has been tipped for award success in the new year.

I only recently heard about this movie when I saw a trailer for it on TV … now that I’m learning that the film is a modern re-telling of the Prodigal Son parable, I’m even more intrigued. Despite my intense love for Jakey poo, I think this film looks really good overall (ie. I’d prolly see it even if Jake weren’t starring in it). From what I’ve seen thus far of Maguire‘s performance in the few clips I’ve seen already, it looks like his character is really … intense … and poor Nat is stuck in between the two brothers. I, for one, am looking forward to seeing this flick … despite it’s serious tone, it looks like a movie I’d deffo want to see in theaters, despite the holidays.

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