A singer-songwriter hits the road with a self-appointed music revolutionary.
Highly likeable.
Good fun, but O'Nan doesn't take this film nearly as far as it could go, leaving the plot and its characters somewhat two-dimensional in their obvious stereotyping.
A few sweet moments and the music is decent, but if you want to see this film, you'll probably have seen it before.
There are two or three genuinely funny and offbeat moments, but the comedy is at odds, perhaps even at war, with the gravitational downward pull of bittersweet seriousness, and the sucrose content is pretty high by the end. But it's an entertaining film.
Not much of this little journey of self-discovery is very credible, but thanks to O'Nan and Weston it projects a fair degree of charm.
It may have some flaws but The Brooklyn Brothers Beat The Best is still the kind of underdog movie you want to clasp to your heart. It is an unexpected charmer.
In among the self-conscious wisecracks, it also has flashes of heart-tugging emotion.
It gets nowhere slowly.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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