Monday, January 12, 2009

Brother's Keeper - Berlinger/Sinofsky, 1992

I've seen Brother's Keeper twice, although I'm not sure it deserved two viewing. Not that it is a bad film, because it isn't. It's a documentary that is very much in the style of Errol Morris, but I don't think it is quite up to that standard.

Basically, it is about the murder trial of a very simple man who is accused of murdering his brother. Is it a mercy killing or a sex/hate crime? Most of the community sides with the accused.

There's good stuff here, but the movie falls into the cardinal sin of being boring too often. A 5 rating.

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