Brother's Justice

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Brother's Justice (The Attempted Making of)
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Directed byDavid Palmer
Dax Shepard
Written byDax Shepard
Produced byNate Tuck
StarringDax Shepard
Tom Arnold
Bradley Cooper
David Koechner
Michael Rosenbaum
Nate Tuck
CinematographyDavid Palmer
Edited byDan O'Hara
Music by Julian Wass
Kenny Carkeet
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Lead actor Dax Shepard Dax Shepard by David Shankbone.jpg
Lead actor Dax Shepard

Brother's Justice (The Attempted Making of) is a 2010 comedy film written by Dax Shepard. The film is a satirical mockumentary about Dax Shepard's transformation from comedian to a silver screen martial arts star. Shepard exploits any and all Hollywood connections on his quest to become the next Chuck Norris. The film represents the Hollywood film producing process.

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The film won an Austin Film Festival award.

Cast

Release

On October 26, 2010, Dax Shepard had released a trailer for his film Brother's Justice. [1]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 0% based on reviews from 9 critics, with an average rating of 3.4/10. [2] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 22 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [3]

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote "It's an easy watch that nonetheless consistently feels like a grazing blow rather than a knockout". [4] Nick Schager of Slant Magazine added his criticism of the film, stating "Dax Shepard delivers an I'm Still Here-style mockumentary of staggering incompetence with Brother's Justice". [5]

Eric Hynes of Time Out gave the film 1 star out of 5, [6] while Andy Webster of The New York Times called the film "an ultralow-budget". [7]

The Village Voice 's Aaron Hillis compared Brother's Justice to an overlong episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm , adding that unlike that show "this film has none of the wit and is twice as irritating". [8]

According to Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times "It's better to revisit such memorable Hollywood satires as The Big Picture or For Your Consideration before indulging Shepard's uninspired whimsy". [9]

Awards

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References

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  3. "Brother's Justice (2011)". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved August 16, 2021.
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  5. Schager, Nick (May 11, 2011). "Review: Brother's Justice". Slant Magazine .
  6. Hynes, Eric (September 6, 2011). "Brother's Justice". Time Out .
  7. Webster, Andy (September 8, 2011). "No Plot, No Story, No Kicks: Want to Back My Movie?". The New York Times . p. C8.
  8. Hillis, Aaron (September 7, 2011). "Brother's Justice: Hahahaha We're All Famous". The Village Voice . Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  9. Goldstein, Gary (May 12, 2011). "Movie review: 'Brother's Justice'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 16, 2021.