DISCLAIMER: This is my first movie review, so please excuse me, if it is not written well, including the fact that my English is not good.

I just finished viewing "Two Brothers". Honestly, I've never expected anymore to see a movie of that class.

What do I mean?

These days there are so much new movies, which is so wonderful, because so many people now have the chance to express themselves and do a movie, but not many of them know how to do it. There are people, who do know and there are people, which do have talent.

I still remember, when I saw "The Bear". Not much, but I do remember it really got me with it. Years ago, there were really movies, that had what to offer to the spectator. I still prefer more, the commercial movies, but do miss the real good cinema.

And so, few days back I was just watching around the rent-a-video club, when I saw the title. At first, though it is yet another action movie, until I saw the front cover. These days, adventure movies are rare. The director's name immediately grabbed my attention and really threw me thinking. Jean-Jacques Annaud did another adventure? I did not read the text on the cover, just was thinking to myself... These tigers really reminded me of "The Bear"... Was it a little nostalgia?

Whatever it was, it is wonderful. I do not remember myself enjoying so much, for a long time. The movie is appropriate for most ages, with good plot. Very slight mixture of this specific old-school fragrance and modern computer graphic effects. It is so precisely mixed, that at the beginning You will never realize is it real, You are watching or computer-made.

In fact, the movie, I think I may say so, is sort of a masterpiece, but since I am not very competent of the technical details, will not discuss them, except mentioning just in brief.

Wonderful graphics, exotic views, well mixed sound, good music, great story, interesting point of views... remarkable.

A thing to notice here, is that it did not made me remember just of "The Bear". Actually in the beginning I was thinking of "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes". Annaud spend big amount of time, exploring the relationships of the tigers, the tigers and the people, the people, the people and tigers. There are some very precisely dosed moments, showing the two tigers in perspectives, You would really love to explore. I just love the way he did it!

You will never realize how these 109 minutes will pass around You, so better stop reading this and go see it!

Have a good time!

For some reason then I had actively been avoiding "Two Brothers" (aka "Deux Frères"). Why? Well, I had been under the assumption that it was a children's movie, given the DVD cover.

But I sat down to watch the movie one evening, and it turned out that this was actually a rather nice surprise of a movie. Because it was a beautifully shot movie in many ways - from the cinematography, to the setting of the movie, to the two majestic tigers that starred in it.

Storywise, then briefly summarized it is about two tiger cubs taken from their mother. They are parted and brought up very differently, one having a life of hardships and cruelty at the hands of circus people, while the other is pampered at the hands of a rich family, serving as an exotic pet.

"Two Brothers" is a movie that is fully wholesome, and watchable for the entire family, kids and adults alike. It is the type of movie that has a bit of something for just about everybody. There is action, there is sadness, there is joy, there is excitement, there are majestic animals, there are friendships between different species.

I was especially impressed with how they had trained the tigers, because they were performing quite well.

This was a nice surprise of a movie that actually proved worth sitting down to watch. It is quite suitable for an evenings worth of family entertainment.

As for my vote, well, I am rating "Two Brothers" a seven out of ten stars.

I think the most obvious to reason to see this film is for the tigers, young and old, they are magnificent creatures, and here they are the main focus, from director Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Name of the Rose, Enemy at the Gates). Basically two twin tigers, one shy and gentle, the other bold and fierce, are born in the ruins of a temple in an exotic jungle. However, one day the brothers are separated by fate, the bold tiger, named Kumal is sold to a circus, his homesickness and cage life have taken away his spirit, while his brother, named Sangha, is still with his mother. Kumal is trained to do tricks by cruel ringmaster Zerbino (Vincent Scarito),and soon Sangha is also captured, and they are put in a stage together, meant to be fighting, but thank goodness they recognise each other, all grown up that is, and they escape. Oh, I should mention, the man who has appeared a lot during the tigers' lives is famous hunter Aidan McRory (Memento's Guy Pearce),who by the way, killed their mother, but he respects the tigers freedom, and in the end gives up hunting. Also starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Administrator Eugene Normandin, Finding Neverland's Freddie Highmore as Raoul Normandin, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Mrs. Normandin, Stéphanie Lagarde as Miss Paulette, Maï Anh Le as Naï-Rea, Moussa Maaskri as Saladin and Oanh Nguyen as His Excellency, the Prince. For the cute factor, this film is very entertaining, and the story is quite good too, to be honest, you can't really pay attention to much else besides the tigers. Worth watching!