Movie Review: Brothers’ Nest

With so many movies coming out at the moment a movie has to be good to make it onto my must see list.Brothers’ Nest is one such movie.  The makers of the hit KENNY, have returned with another example of Australian comedy at its best. This time a dark comedy about two brothers worried about their inheritance.

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When Jeff (Clayton Jacobson) and his younger brother brother Terry (Shane Jacobson), were growing up their father took his own life, and their mother (Lynette Curran) found a new husband in Rodger (Kim Gyngell).  Now their mother is in hospital receiving chemo treatment and Jeff is convinced Rodger will be the main beneficiary in the will. But he has a plan, a very detailed plan it turns out.

Set in country Victoria Jeff and his brother return to the family home  one morning. The country setting means neighbours are a convenient distance away. Anything is possible.

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Like most of us Jeff has watched way too many murder mysteries. He knows why criminals get caught, the dangers of leaving DNA behind for one. Consequently he’s stepped out the plan in great detail, every, single, step is timed to the minute, after all as their father said ‘failing to plan is planning to fail’. Now all he needs to do it make sure his brother sticks to the plan.

Trouble is the staged ‘suicide’ of their step-father won’t take place until the evening, so they have all day and a house full of childhood memories to get through first, and that wasn’t on Jeff’s plan.

Will they go ahead with the plan? I won’t say anymore but the outcome is dark, hilarious, clever and not blindingly obvious which is a nice change.

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This gorgeous dark comedy left me pondering:

1. The action was made all the more real with the two real-life brothers playing the leads, and they both do an excellent job;
2. Kym Gyngell is a delight as their stepfather;
3. Given some very recent events I must admit that giggling about suicide-related attempts did take some getting used to;
4. The clever twist at the end moves the story beyond comedy into something much, much darker a strong message;
5. An absolute delight that shows Australian cinema is more than a match for our international counterparts;
6. Can’t wait for the next offering from these two.

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