Brother

Brother

1999
Drama
Animation
Short Film
8m
Adam looks back, with affection, to his childhood in a small suburban house, with his mum, his crippled and alcoholic dad, their bird Jeanette, and his older brother, who wears an eye patch, has asthma, and gets blamed for things even when he's not around. The boys are boon companions, swiping money from their napping dad and heading for Ruby's store to buy lollies. They draw, collect cans, and watch the brother's pet lizard eat flies (occasionally giving it a snail). (imdb.com)
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Brother

1999
Drama
Animation
Short Film
8m
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Rated 24 Feb 2015
84
77th
Another very good claymated short from Elliot, this one is pretty similar to Cousin, but, for obvious reasons, it feels more personal. The quirky characteristics are more replaced with realistic ones than in the other shorts, making this a terrific recollection of a childhood spent on mischief drenched in suburban oddity. Like Uncle, has a dramatic ending that's a bit too much.
Rated 05 Oct 2011
86
88th
This one by Elliot is especially touching.
Rated 11 Aug 2022
100
98th
Rated 02 Jan 2009
56
12th
Claymation, but not very animated. The cartoonish style is appealing, but otherwise it's dull and dry.
Rated 24 Mar 2010
65
65th
Most of Elliot's shorts seem to me like sketches for Mary and Max, and too similar to each other. Brother kind of stands out, I think. It's a little bit better than the rest, at least until the mandatory Elliotian ending which kind of spoiled it for me.

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