Bros

Bros

Two men with commitment problems attempt a relationship.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Stars: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Ts Madison, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Guy Branum, Amanda Bearse, Miss Lawrence, Symone, Bowen Yang, Benito Skinner, Harvey Fierstein, Jim Rash, Brock Ciarlelli, Dot-Marie Jones, Kristin Chenoweth, Debra Messing, Eve Lindley, Jai Rodriguez, Matthew Wilkas, Peter Y. Kim, Justin Covington, Ryan Faucett, Becca Blackwell, D'Lo, Dahlia Rodriguez, Derrick Delgado, George Dvorsky, Jamyl Dobson, Ben Stiller, Kenan Thompson, Amy Schumer, Jillian Gottlieb, Rick Crom, Everett Quinton
  • Director: Nicholas Stoller
 Comments
  • jeffreyweisberg - 3 June 2024
    Bros Brought It
    I started a review bashing Eichner's performance but did an edit. The other negative reviews about his character already said it. Not clear why he wasn't directed differently without losing his edge, but I'm an armchair critic.

    I saw it in the theater to support a studio backed gay themed flick. Just rewatched it on Starz and was able to absorb it better.

    Macfarlane provided the chemistry for the two. I kept waiting for him to bail but his kindness was Billy's saving grace. I would've punched him in the disco when they first met. We are who we are. We knew it was going to be a test of patience for Aaron. When Aaron asked him to tone it down in front of his parents Billy knew what he meant. For Billy to take such offense and then be so spiteful with the mother wasn't cool. And 12 year olds aren't 2nd graders. There was the spite. If Billy really was so in love and grateful for the 5,000,000 donation extracted by Aaron's skillful handling of the donor, he would've chilled the eff out & not created the scene. So his sincerity was blown, his selfishness revealed and the relationship should've ended.

    The museum staff meetings were hysterical! Messing, Bowen, Bearse & Fierstein's cameos gave it an A-list touch. The eye-candy in the gym & bars made it contemporary.
  • ccqfcdpyx - 7 October 2023
    I enjoyed it more than I thought I would
    I remember seeing when Bros came out and flopped hard, the marketing seeming rather desperate. I watched it on Amazon and it was quite entertaining, even if it doesn't really reflect the true lives of many people, but it doesn't have to. The sad lonely, reality of most gay men's lives probably wouldn't make a great movie, but it has fun with the whole "hey, what's up" of Grindr. The whole stereotype of the bustling gay club is rather dated, most of the ones I've been to recently have been empty but I get that it's an often rose tinted fantasy of times gone by. I oscillated between liking and hating Billy Eichner's character in this movie, but it's quite emotionally affecting. I liked that he was a bit of a grouchy Larry David esque character, but some people just can't seem to get on with it. The point it's trying to put across is that his life has made him like that. I'm not sure any of us can say that they don't know a person in the gay community that isn't a horribly bitter older gay guy. It also captures that the LGBT etc group is not one great monolith with many conflicting priorities and personalities. Predictably this movie chooses to concentrate on the most socially (and commercially) appealing aspect, hot white gay men, while lesbians are hard done by. It is called Bros though. The story is rather predictable, perhaps ironically, but it's still predictable.

    So overall, it's a fluffy gay piece aimed squarely at a gay and gay friendly market who ultimately didn't exist as paying customers and that's a shame, there's some intelligence in the script and it does push boundaries for a mainstream movies in terms of its frank, honest approach to sex, which . It did make me laugh that they cast the guy from queer eye as a straight man going through a divorce, which seemed rather odd as he was literally just putting on a bro-ey voice which is one of the other scenes in the movie...when they also make a big song and dance about movies like Brokeback Mountain casting straight male Hollywood celebrities as gay cowboys, a movie far more groundbreaking for the gay community, whether Billy Eichner wants to hear that or not.