Brother's Keeper (2002)
The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond, a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have committed his brother. Lucinda, who left the police years ago, decides to help reluctantly convinced by an old boyfriend. The tracks are directly related to the abuse that Lucinda and her brother suffered during his childhood, which seems to be in the suspect has caused a serious psychological disorder.
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hyped garbage
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
"My Brother's Keeper" is a thriller with an excellent beginning. The character of Lucinda Pond is presented as a loser, and the first murder is very weird. Then, the interesting "story of Lucinda" is efficiently disclosed through flashbacks and the viewer finds that the serial killer is her brother, Ellis Pond, indeed. From this moment on, the story becomes a festival of clichés, with the friction of Lucinda and Junior, but anyway, the plot maintains intriguing. However, the corny conclusion is simply awful and spoils this reasonable thriller. The motives of Ellis are not reasonable for such an intelligent guy; Lucinda protecting Ellis is ridiculous, no matter he is her brother; and Lucinda returning to her family, after her affair with her chief, being a drunken woman looking for one night stand is shameful. My vote is six. Title (Brazil): "Not Available" This DVD has not been released in Brazil)
A very well directed and well performed movie. Actress Jeanne Tripplehorn and Corin Nemec do an excellent job in the portraying the characters of Lucinda and Ellis Pond very well. The riddles through out the entire film were great. The movie makes you think and wonder who the killer really is and you don't expect it to be who it truly is. A very good film with lots of good twists. Director, John Badham, has done a great job in showing the flashbacks which proceed throughout the entire film about what happened to Ellis and Lucinda when they were still children. All in all a very good film, a thriller that is worth watching.
I don't really care to be honest. It was a very formulaic "thriller" that I didnt bother watching the end. Tripplehorn's career is nosediving at an alarming rate if this is the best she can offer. To be honest I wasnt too disappointed as I didn't expect much, it just passed the time.
The TV guide said this was a "TV movie" and that normally makes me at least look to see what else is on. But then I noticed it was directed by John Badham. (Who's he? Click the link - bet you recognise a LOT of those films!) I decided it had to be worth a look and I'm glad I watched it. It's nicely put together, a thriller that doesn't rely on magic computers, or fancy special effects. Nor is it filled with unlikely occurrences and other evidence that the "artistic licence" has been out of its cupboard. It poses some intriguing questions - I like a film that leaves you thinking "what would I do if...". Nice performances from Tripplehorn and Parke.