Steve Pulaski There is an audience who will find The Brothers Solomon uproariously funny and an under-appreciated comedy gem. They will regard its humor as indescribable, zealous wit that the masses are too jaded and uptight to get. I wish them well and a positive viewing whether they're on their first or second view of the film or even their tenth or their eleventh.But I'm not gonna sit here and pretend to be a part of the aforementioned group. Bob Odenkirk has effectively made one of the most intolerable comedies I have seen in years. An ode to the odious qualities of comedic filmmaking, and a depressingly long, boring excursion I wouldn't wish on the guy responsible for my misery. It concerns the two brothers in the title, John (Will Arnett) and Dean (Will Forte), two socially inept losers who believe that getting a random girl (Kristen Wiig) to have to their baby will bring their father out of a coma, which he has been in for a lengthy amount of time.Stop right there and take them premise in. Reread the statement again, if you feel so inclined. Here is a film so desperate for an idea that it resorts to an idea so incredibly strained and embarrassingly thoughtless; Beavis and Butthead would know better than these two imbeciles.But the premise is just a fraction of what is deeply wrong with The Brothers Solomon from the get-go, which is the film is so desperate for a laugh that it becomes impossible for many of us to laugh under the given scenario and line of events that take place. It becomes an endurance test to see who could say the damnedest line and do the damnedest of things in hopes the audience will play along and laugh at its humor it justifies as "absurdist" or maybe "eclectic." Some may laugh at the humor and that is fine; we each possess our own different idea of what is funny and what is not - it is one of the most subjective things in the world. I just don't want to sit down and watch this with you if you do find this funny.Comedies like these are the equivalent of unwanted guests in your home. You can't articulate quite why they bug you, but they seem so hung-up on the idea of alienating, belittling, teasing, and frustrating you that you're trying to simultaneously juggle forced-niceness while nudging them out the door. The material here is crass without ever really coming close to being funny or amusing, and watching talented people like Forte, Arnett, and Wiig squander their likability for redundant sight-gags and stupefyingly unfunny sequences is hardly a good time.The Brothers Solomon is another entry in the genre of films with characters seemingly too stupid to function in the real-world. This kind of behavior can occasionally bring some wit and timing to the table, if directed and guided by someone with such talents (again, Mike Judge worked wonders with Beavis and Butthead on this idea alone). The Brothers Solomon has nothing of the sorts; it's one long, crude gag stretched far beyond its limits and is completely intolerable after twenty minutes. It's then we realize we have another long, relentless seventy-three minutes to go.Starring: Will Arnett, Will Forte, and Kristen Wiig. Directed by: Bob Odenkirk.

elshikh4 After the financial success of Dumb & Dumber (1994) as if a branch in the buddy comedy has been established. A branch where the comedy centers on not Mickey and Goofy, but 2 goofy goofs. Aside from growing as easy and tacky formula, I see that more than one goofy isn't a good idea in the first place. So in general those movies don't interest me. The Brothers Solomon though did interest me yet for not the right reasons ! Here's a possible nominee for the worst comedy ever. It has a real sick sense of humor (cutting off the electricity so the dad might die, imagining accidents for the baby, killing the fiancée by a bus, etc all of that made me disgusted and horrified), some of the most unfunny but noxious lines ever written ("when you poop that child", "enter a woman" ??!), and it's starring the silliest man in the universe : Will Arnett. Well, I can stand Steven Seagal in a comedy, but Arnett ? NOOOOOOOOOOOO !By the way during all the time Will Arnett and Will Forte look, especially Arnett, so gay. Enough to say that when I watched the channel's trailer for the movie I thought it's a comedy about 2 gay men who want to adopt a child to win something. Maybe that look was intended for them as ironic; while portraying 2 desperate-to-get-marry men. However it didn't make me laugh !Just look at the opening credits. It's all about the 2 leads' smiling faces ?!!! When you make an intro like this it mirrors an excessive confidence, not to mention being so boring and a prophecy of ridiculousness. In that campy manner the movie walks. It thinks itself so comic, with talented charismatic stars, that anything they may do would hit rightly, while it's a wrong thinking form the start !The only survivor is – strangely – one heck of a scene. Yes, as you have guessed earlier I'm sure, it's the message by the plane. So finally this movie "knows" about comedy. The real cleverness and originality of that part must make you ask why the rest of the movie looked the way it was ?!! In the Dumb & Dumber movies lately, The Brothers Solomon is the most ugly and tormenting. It's rather made by the Dumb & Dumber of the movie-makers. I hated watching it. It's not about being unlaughable comedy, it's about being unbearable movie ! P.S : Did you notice the movie's characters' love for going to the bathroom ? In any case, don't ask why !

jill arms This movie is more than watchable, as in, I didn't check my facebook more than 4 times the entire movie. I especially like the part when they try to watch a movie while their father is on the same circuit breaker and the power goes off. Now that's comedy. Man In Motion song is repeated, with dignity, throughout. I almost gave this movie a seven, but then re-though my decision for an eight. I am giving this movie a review after all. Silly, stupid comedy is fab. check 'er out! The review board is saying I must write ten lines of text to submit a review so here we go... Also watch... Wet hot American summer,waking ned devine, drowning mona,and jaws more than seven thousand times in your life and all will be well.

jplank1475 I would have given this movie a higher score if kept me laughing throughout the whole film. Don't misunderstand, there are HILARIOUS parts in this movie but as a whole, it deserves an average. Will Arnet is amazing at being awkwardly hysterical, and I feel he really did his part. Will Forte though just didn't hold up his part of the deal I'm afraid. One thing I thought was funny was how they are such horrible drivers, they may have hit five cars or so swerving around traffic and nobody said a thing about it. Something subtle like that really makes me laugh.I must say though, the opening credits were the highlight of this movie. My sides were aching before the movie even started...but the rest of the movie just funny, not side splitting. Worth a watch for sure