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Bros

2022

Nicholas Stoller

Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz ...

5.7

1,183

Romance. Comedy Two men with commitment problems attempt a relationship.

	Media	Author	Review
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Incredibly funny and insightfully smart (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Caryn James BBC	"A delightful, fresh new romcom (...) 'Bros' embraces romcom elements that land as more clichéd than subversive. But that doesn't make the rest of this charming film any less entertaining and effective (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Pete Hammond Deadline	"Billy Eichner's history-making gay romcom also happens to be damn funny (...) Much of the humor in 'Bros' comes from situations and attitudes specific to gay culture, but you don't have to be gay to laugh out loud at most of it"
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Good enough to make you wish it were better (...) Entertaining, but less original than it initially seems"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"'Bros' is frequently funny but also quite touching, spearheaded by the dynamite chemistry between co-writer Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane (...) A bold, sexually frank rom-com"
		Ross Bonaime Collider	"One of the sexiest and funniest films of 2022"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Sure, it's a well-budgeted, wide-release gay romcom, and that's historic. But it feels like there already have been others (...) [It] is confident enough being about queer characters that it doesn’t have to make them all likable"
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"'Bros' leans into the giddy little revolution of its own existence, inviting the audience into a good, gay time that hasn’t exactly happened, in this way, before"
		Ryan Lattanzio IndieWire	"Eichner’s gay homage to the great American romcoms of yesterday looks and feels exactly like them, and that’s groundbreaking enough"
		Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"You wish the film had a slightly more queer eye behind the camera. But if everyone around you is laughing, maybe it doesn't matter. It probably means another 'Bros' gets made which, hey, wouldn't be a bad thing at all"
		Sarah Milner SlashFilm	"A brilliant testament to Queer culture, Queer stories, and Queer humor. It's a must-see film for anyone in the community and those not in the community"
		Alim Kheraj Time Out	"'Bros' is so belly-achingly funny, sharply observant and self-aware, it can withstand the expectations (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Star and co-writer Billy Eichner spins a lot of plates here, crafting a hilarious and heartfelt film that also acknowledges the challenging and often hidden history of queer people in American society"
		Sophie Butcher Empire	"With two excellent leading men and dollops of queer joy sprinkled throughout, Bros hits classic romcom beats while giving the genre a refreshing, much-needed update (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Marya E. Gates rogerebert.com	"Its perpetual commentary on the mainstreaming of queerness remains at odds with its very desire to tell its story within the Hollywood system (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Ben Kendrick Screen Rant	"[It] isn't just a gay romantic comedy, it's a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt, and moving exploration of LGBTQ+ influence and universal truth: love is love (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Leigh Monson AV Club	"A hilarious and heartfelt love story that showcases the diversity of LGBTQ+ relationships"
		Chris Bumbray JoBlo	"Eichner and Macfarlane's chemistry grounds the film the same way any well-cast rom-com does (...) A significant success (...) I'm pretty sure anyone who checks it out will have a great time"
		Caitlin Chappell CBR	"[It] is historic, heartfelt, and humorous (...) It's about time audiences got a movie like 'Bros', which more than delivers what viewers have been waiting for
		M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"What makes Bros so effective is that this romantic comedy has something to say, a pathos that is unmatched in most comedies (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kenji Fujishima Slant	"[It] ends up feeling like it could have been much queerer (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Glenn Sumi Now Toronto	"A comedy classic that is as likeable and mainstream as its title, but deeply subversive too"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Eichner is on fine form with the scabrous spikiness of the first half of the picture, but neither he nor the film itself seems fully comfortable with the final descent into sentimentality (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Shelagh Rowan-Legg Screen Anarchy	"[It] truly is reinventing the rom-com wheel. This is a thoroughly modern, thoroughly queer manuering of the genre into a much-needed new space"
		Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"Most importantly (...) it's gay sex in a mainstream, multiplex-ready movie that's not about AIDS or pushing aside closeted shame (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"

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