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By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Quirky family comedy has some strong language.
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Brother in Love 2
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What's the Story?
Aykut (Cem Gelinoglu) is the main character in BROTHER IN LOVE 2, a movie overflowing with characters of limited brainpower. He's about to marry the chronically naive Gulsah (Melis Babadag), daughter of a once wealthy family now in financial difficulties. The release of a family inheritance depends on their swift marriage. The bumbling Aykut's tendency to get into trouble is self-created, compounded by his delusion that he's a canny judge of character, which makes him easily duped. The main duper is Talat (Hakan Yilmaz), an oily cheat and money-sucking gambler divorced from Gulsah's sister and father of their child. When he shows up to visit their kid, the rest of the family groans and warns Aykut to stay far away from the scammer. Instead, inexplicably, Aykut willingly walks right into the smiling Talat's web and is immediately swindled out of his ID. Talat sells it in a common scam that uses stolen IDs to marry illegal immigrants to unsuspecting citizens. Aykut, married in absentia to an at-home health aide, now can't marry Gulsah. Too embarrassed to admit to the in-laws-to-be that he ignored their warnings about the notorious Talat, he turns to Talat to solve his problem, but Talat only creates more problems and swindles Aykut a few more times.
Is It Any Good?
In Brother in Love 2, every unconvincing miscalculation leads to another. There are so many lie-based plot twists that the tension they're designed to create in the audience devolves into exhaustion, then numbness. The final 10 minutes are cute enough, but they depend on our acceptance of the unconvincing premise that the key characters have undergone complete personality transplants. It's not for nothing that Aykut was known as "Aykut the Slow" when he was a kid, yet the movie tries to suggest that Aykut's gullibility and lack of judgment is actually an asset indicating he's a good and trusting person. Not everyone will buy that one.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about whether they found this movie funny or not. Who's the intended audience?
How does the movie treat the scammer, a person who seems to lie every time he opens his mouth? Do you think there might be a way to make comedy out of a character like him? How so?
Is it enjoyable to watch people make mistakes? Why, or why not?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : May 6, 2022
- Cast : Cem Gelinoglu , Hakan Yilmaz , Melis Babadag
- Director : Onur Bilgetay
- Studio : Netflix
- Genre : Comedy
- Run time : 118 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : May 16, 2022
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