Generally played for laughs, as in "This Is Spinal Tap" or "Best in Show," the faux documentary gets more sober treatment with "Brothers of the Head," a snapshot of a fictional 1970s punk band fronted by conjoined twins. The movie offers plenty of understated, twisted black humor. Yet directors Louis Pepe and Keith Fulton craft a predominantly bleak and often disturbing look at a creative duo who, despite physiological and emotional interdependence, also find themselves subtly at odds, with no way to escape each other. Read the full review
The odyssey of conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe who were plucked from obscurity by a 1970s music promoter and groomed into a boy band. Grappling with impossible love, artistic rivalry and a dark inner life, the twins embrace their freakishness and spit it back in the form of searing punk rock.
Directors: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Cast: Luke Treadaway, Harry Treadaway, Bryan Dick, Sean Harris, Jane Horrocks
Run time: 90 minutes
Release date: July 28, 2006
Rating: R for language, drug use and sexuality.
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The Associated Press: C+
"A documentary, even a fake one, is only as good as its subject, and despite their peculiar condition and the strange little circus act of minions surrounding them, the siblings are rather bland..."
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