2 Brothers and A Bride (2002)
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46% of critics liked it
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32% of users liked it
(2,947 ratings)
Two men look for a wife -- just one will do, thank you -- in this offbeat comedy. Jake (Tim Blake Nelson) and Josh (David Arquette) are two brothers who live and work in a vegetable farm somewhere in the Midwest, where they're looked after by their Ma (Lois Smith), who cooks, cleans, and keeps… More Two men look for a wife -- just one will do, thank you -- in this offbeat comedy. Jake (Tim Blake Nelson) and Josh (David Arquette) are two brothers who live and work in a vegetable farm somewhere in the Midwest, where they're looked after by their Ma (Lois Smith), who cooks, cleans, and keeps the guys company. When Ma dies, Jake and Josh find they're a bit lonely all by their lonesome, and more importantly, they're not much good at everyday domestic activities, so they decide to do the sensible thing -- one of them will get married so they'll have someone else to talk to and handle things in the kitchen and the laundry room. Woefully naïve, socially clumsy, and less interested in romance than day-to-day practicalities, Jake and Josh decide to head out on a matchmaking tour to St. Petersburg, Russia, where they're promised introductions to hundreds of women over the space of two weeks, in hopes that they'll find an understanding, old-fashioned wife who doesn't mind having a third wheel around at all times. A Foreign Affair was shot on location in St. Petersburg in the former Soviet Union, and in Chihuahua, Mexico, which stood in for the United States. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Helmut Schleppi
- Written By
- Greet Heetebrij
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jan 21, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Innovation Film Group
Critic Reviews
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It's Tim Blake Nelson's character who keeps the plot from spinning out of control, because he has a natural and unforced respect for these women that he yanks his brother's chain and keeps their mission on course.
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Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
Spirited indie film that could be improved by a gifted editor.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Good piece of work.
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Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
Neither funny enough to be a comedy nor serious enough to pass for drama.
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Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
This is one case where the director would have been better off pointing his camera at real subjects. The truth, in this case, is almost sure to be stranger than the fiction.
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Cast
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Tim Blake Nelson
as Jake Adams
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David Arquette
as Josh Adams
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Lois Smith
as Ma Adams
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Allyce Beasley
as Library Lady
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Larry Pine
as Tour Host Ken
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Emily Mortimer
as Angela Beck
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Megan Follows
as Lena
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Redmond Gleeson
as Funeral Director
- Rocio Linares
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Nonna Velikaya
as Anna
