The edgy humor and oddly compelling lead characters make it well worth seeing.
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04/08/07
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Brothers of the Head (2006)
67 %
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Reviews Counted: 64
Fresh: 43
Rotten:21
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Consensus: As bizarre as it is, this mockumentary about a pair of conjoined rockers is surprisingly poignant and filled with authentic period details.
Theatrical Release: Jul 28, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe (LOST IN LA MANCHA) mark an extraordinary narrative debut with this faux documentary about Siamese twin punk rockers in the early 1970s. Stunning photography by Anthony Dod Mantle, which occasionally borders... [More]
Starring: Harry Treadaway, Luke Treadaway, Tom Bower, Sean Harris
Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
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Reviews for Brothers of the Head
Needed more to counter its "twin" shortcomings: the questionable gimmick and too much lousy music.
03/01/07
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10/30/06
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10/07/06
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10/06/06
Despite the odd moment of visual bravura, this mockumentary is too aware of its own satirical daring. Consequently, it's never as dark, dangerous or amusing as it thinks.
10/06/06
Top Critic The credible feel of this film-within-the-film remains an achievement; it’s neither mocking nor parodic and nearly always deadly serious.
10/05/06
Harry and Luke Treadaway give astonishing performances (or rather an astonishing performance), creating a believable physicality for their characters, as well as distinct personalities.
10/05/06
Co-directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe have a gift for making fake footage look like the real deal. But they're not so hot when it comes to simulating human drama.
10/03/06
"Brothers" puts a clever and disturbing twist on the self-destructive arc that so many real-life rock bands take.
09/29/06
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09/23/06
What becomes painfully apparent as the drudgery rolls on is that the only freak show here is the movie itself.
09/14/06
No doubt one of the weirdest, most off-beat movies you can see all year, and with a rocking soundtrack.
09/04/06
What's missing is any insight to cut into the twins' opaqueness, which turns the movie into a stylistic experiment without any reason to be.
08/25/06
Fulton and Pepe's double-headed head trip is mostly drab gray matter.
08/21/06
Rock on, but be prepared to be left just a bit frustrated by the near-greatness this perplexing film almost achieves.
08/20/06
Undermined by its form: strange as it ought to be, the mockumentary conventions of the movie make everything strangely familiar.
08/18/06
The Treadaways are terrific and comedy finds an umbilical link to tragedy.
08/18/06
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