The Brothers Solomon

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The Brothers Solomon
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byBob Odenkirk
Written byWill Forte
Produced byTom Werner
Matt Berenson
StarringWill Arnett
Will Forte
Chi McBride
Kristen Wiig
Malin Åkerman
Lee Majors
CinematographyTim Suhrstedt
Edited byTracey Wadmore-Smith
Music byJohn Swihart
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing (through Screen Gems in the United States[1] and TriStar Pictures internationally[2])
Release date
  • September 7, 2007 (2007-09-07)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million
Box office$1 million[1]

The Brothers Solomon is a 2007 American surrealist comedy film starring Will Arnett and Will Forte.

Plot[]

Brothers John Solomon (Will Arnett) and Dean Solomon (Will Forte) have bad luck with women, due largely to their sheltered upbringing. They were raised by their single father, Ed (Lee Majors), at an isolated research facility in the Arctic, and did not move to civilization until they were grown men. Despite their social limitations, the brothers are generally good-natured, if naïve, and consider their father the most important person in their life, as they even followed in his footsteps with their geology career. However, their lives are thrown into turmoil when Ed falls into a coma.

The brothers decide that they may be able to get him to wake up by giving him a grandson, the one thing he has always wanted. To make this a reality, the brothers immediately set out to find a woman who can give them a baby. The brothers have disastrous results in their initial attempts. John proposes marriage to a woman on the first date and when Dean finds a woman who is willing to have a child for them, she is hit by a bus and killed. To keep a better eye on their father, they move him into their home. John is able to use this as an opportunity to talk to his neighbor, Tara (Malin Åkerman), who agrees to watch over their father when they leave the apartment.

The brothers decide to expand their search to include adoption. However, due to the bizarre circumstances, the adoption agency denies the request. They try Craigslist next, and are able to find a surrogate mother named Janine (Kristen Wiig). Janine is a suitable fit, but she has a clingy ex-boyfriend named James (Chi McBride), and demands $12,000 for her role. Over the course of the next nine months, the brothers learn how to be responsible parents, and Janine begins to warm up to the bizarre duo. John continues to flirt with Tara, and convinces himself that she is interested.

After a birthing class, Janine realizes that she wants to keep the baby. She tells the brothers the bad news, which culminates in Dean revealing to John that he heard Tara insult John behind his back, thus forcing John to realize that Tara is not interested in him. The two have a major fight, but after a day, the brothers reconcile. The brothers attempt to get Janine to let them raise the child with her by paying for an exorbitantly long sky banner. Janine decides to raise the baby with the two brothers and John tells Tara that he is no longer interested in her.

Soon, the child is born, however it is obvious that the baby is James's, not Dean's. A year passes, and the brothers have gone into business with Janine and James, starting up a store called "Solomon Family Baby-Proofing", which sells safety equipment for new parents. In the corner of the store, their father is kept, still in his coma. After hearing the baby say "grandpa", Ed finally wakes up from his coma and sees his "grandson" for the first time. The brothers are convinced that their adventures led to their father waking up from his coma. Everybody celebrates as one big, happy family.

Cast[]

Reception[]

The film was a box office bomb, grossing only $1,035,056 out of a $10 million budget.

Reviews were negative. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 16% approval rating, based on 74 reviews, with a weighted average of 3.8/10. The site's consensus reads, "Squandering its impressive cast with poorly-directed gags, The Brothers Solomon is a one-joke film stretched well beyond its limits."[3] On Metacritic, the film received a score of 32 out of 100, based on 17 reviews.[4] However, the film has received a favorable User Submitted Reviews score, which stands at 7.8 out of 10 as of May 2021, based on ratings from 43 users.[5] On At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper claimed he walked out of the film - something he had never done before.

See also[]

  • Second weekend in box office performance – Biggest second-weekend drops, for other films with similar second-weekend drops

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The Brothers Solomon (2007)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ "The Brothers Solomon (2007)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "The Brothers Solomon (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ^ The Brothers Solomon at Metacritic
  5. ^ "Read User Reviews and Submit your own for The Brothers Solomon - Metacritic". Metacritic.

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