The Brothers

A saucy and passionate comedy that traces the intricate, joshing relationships of four African-American men as they attempt to support each other and, at the same time, move beyond each other. These ardent, mostly single-guy romantics deeply love women but stumble the moment they try to figure out how to love them. Written and directed by Gary Hardwick, The Brothers is filled with the sort of just-try-and-top-this-sucker dialogue that leaves an audience hooting with delight, yet it digs more vibrantly into issues of trust, pleasure, commitment, and camaraderie than any Hollywood feature in recent memory. As Jackson, who is tired of hopping from one relationship to the next, Morris Chestnut shows the charm and force of a major actor.