The Mend

2014

Comedy / Drama

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 78% · 32 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 900 900

Director

John Magary Photo
John Magary

Top cast

Desmin Borges Photo
Desmin Borges as TV Salesman
Louisa Krause Photo
Louisa Krause as Elinor
Josh Lucas Photo
Josh Lucas as Mat
Austin Pendleton Photo
Austin Pendleton as Earl
720p.WEB
1004.11 MB
1280*536
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JShaft33 3 / 10

I'm sure there was a point

I found this to be a confusing mess of a movie. I actually didn't like the constant score throughout. The characters were depressing. Lucy Owen's character was the only one I liked. The two brothers were both insufferable and I an issue with the chaotic enabling throughout.
Reviewed by Moviegoer19 6 / 10

More Than Meets the Eye?

This is the kind of film which you don't know if it's just bad or if what feels bad about it is it succeeding. This question arises for me because I think it did succeed at what it aimed to do which was to portray two brothers, how they were different as well as alike and how they fed off of each other. Though the brother played by Josh Lucas was quite despicable, I wound up not feeling sorry for the other brother because they enabled each other. The thing is, this often happens in families. Each brother had his own problems, i.e., with relationships, with work, art, and the world in general, but they both came from the same family and in the end, shared some common traits.As the other review indicates, it is a slow moving film. The things that happen are "small" and more time is spent on events than usually happens in films, but that too may be calculated for its effect.I'd recommend seeing it if you're a fan of any of the actors, and/or if you like watching psychological relationship movies which may make you feel uncomfortable, tense or frustrated. I probably would have liked it more if I felt I gained some kind of insight from it.
Reviewed by powell-yendi 6 / 10

Not bad but not magnifique either!

I hate leaving bad reviews, because I feel like you can take a little something from every movie. So I will just honestly describe this movie as "a slow movie." It's the type of movie that you would watch while lazing around at home on a Sunday afternoon, or the type of movie that you would play in the background of a get-together for white noise. I'm sure it will win plenty of awards because it does have some substance and it requires some thought in order to receive the message conveyed. But in a nut-shell, a free-spirited man-child lives without regrets or constraints. His polar-opposite brother seeks guidance and happiness all while babysitting an adult male. I recommend giving it a chance on a sick-day from work.
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