Brothers' Nest

There's much to enjoy in this darkly comic update of Cain and Abel.

Although Brothers' Nest feels very much like a short story uncomfortably expanded to feature length, it's not unentertaining.

The Jacobsons have given us another comedy classic, far stranger than the last.

Brothers' Nest is reasonably satisfying as a film about the weird passions of family. It has a certain integrity as that, even if it's not a thigh-slapper.

Though brimming with pitch-black comedy, "Brothers' Nest" actually plays like more of an absurdist tragedy as it pits good brother against good-brother-gone-bad in a cautionary tale of longing and desperation that packs a surprisingly affecting punch.

All of it is razor-sharp, darkly funny, and tense.

They might not look it, being burly and impassive, but brothers Terry and Jeff (actual brothers Shane and Clayton Jacobson, who also directs) are desperate men.

Boasting a fantastic score by Richard Pleasance and his Pleasantville band, the film takes some time to build up, but the writing is effective, pointing out to a tough, unrelenting, and intense final part.

Brothers' Nest is a well made, nasty piece of work.

A slow build gives way to a fiery conclusion as Brother's Nest proves a slow burn thriller must-see.