The Brother from Another Planet R
A mute alien is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem in this thought-provoking cult classic.
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: February 18, 2012
- Originally Released: 1984
- Label: Desert Island Films
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Joe Morton | |
| Performer: | David Strathairn, John Sayles, Fisher Stevens, Steve James, Maggie Renzi & Rosette Le Noire | |
| Featured: | Darryl Edwards & Leonard Jackson | |
| Directed by | John Sayles |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 3/4 --
...nearly topples over from the weight of its social commentary.
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LarsenOnFilm
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Buoyed by Morton's sensitive performance, the film proceeds as a series of vignettes, some of them unforgettable.
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TV Guide
The principle character is an embellished creation, and serves to exaggerate peoples' intolerance - fundamentally, he is the most removed of Sayles' characters.
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Central to the film's deft balancing act between shaggy dog humour and something just a little more serious is Morton's expressive performance as the alien, though the rest of the cast also plays admirably.
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Time Out
Sayles is no storyteller; despite the verve of its language, "The Brother From Another Planet" eventually sags of its own weight.
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Washington Post
Rating: 3/4 --
A talk-heavy script about racial prejudice and other ills through the eyes of a mute black alien, terrifically played by John Sayles' regular Joe Morton.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
The two different ends require shifts in point of view that are beyond Sayles's talent as a visual storyteller, and the film does not cohere.
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Chicago Reader
Description by OLDIES.com:
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
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- UPC: 661799538428
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