7 Chinese Brothers
In this quirky comedy, after getting fired from his last job, Larry, played by Jason Schwartzman, along with his trusty sidekick french bulldog Arrow (Schwartzman's real-life pet), goes through life as a misanthropic outcast looking for work and a purpose in life.
25 August 1977, Rockland, Massachusetts, USA
16 June 1981
17 November 1951, Sarasota, Florida, USA
20 June 1931, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
April 01, 2017
A very funny, resonant and, most importantly, self-aware film that allows a grade-A performer to show off his deadpan chops.September 15, 2015
"7 Chinese Brothers," modest and unassuming, wins us over too, even though I can't figure out what the R.E.M. song has to do with the movie. Plus, it looks like Byington could only afford 2 Chinese brothers at most.September 03, 2015
Schwartzman ... gives Larry enough humanity and a modicum of personal growth that you keep coming back for more.September 03, 2015
With 7 Chinese Brothers, Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington has made his most accessible film yet.September 02, 2015
7 Chinese Brothers is so slight it risks evaporating on contact.September 03, 2015
By widening his soulful puppy eyes - matched only, quite eerily, by those of his French bulldog in real life, Arrow - Schwartzman successfully dares audiences to care.August 31, 2015
The sharpest moments cast mundane struggles in a nearly spiritual light.September 03, 2015
Writer-director Bob Byington showed potential as a social satirist with his provocative 2008 indie RSO (Registered Sex Offender), but this slacker comedy lacks any such venom.February 23, 2016
7 Chinese Brothers has an abundance of half-hearted slacker charm that it is hard to fault.September 03, 2015
The film never allows the audience to truly get to know any of the characters in Larry's world, a world in which their uniform shirts emblazoned with company logos and their first names serve as reminders of their lot in life.September 11, 2015
It's a small film, with some great performances and one irrefutably cute dog.