Ebert recognized this truth when he watchedBrothersand pointed out how powerful Maguire was.

Great performances are essential to depicting the horrors of war.

Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family.

Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, and Jake Gyllenhaal on a cropped poster for Brothers

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Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.

Tobey Maguire in ‘Brothers’

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While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam’s helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.

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Tobey Maguire

Roger Ebert