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
20 June 1931, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
25 April 1979, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
16 June 1981
26 June 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 November 1951, Sarasota, Florida, USA
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
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 11, 2015
It's a small film, with some great performances and one irrefutably cute dog.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 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 03, 2015
Schwartzman ... gives Larry enough humanity and a modicum of personal growth that you keep coming back for more.February 23, 2016
7 Chinese Brothers has an abundance of half-hearted slacker charm that it is hard to fault.September 02, 2015
7 Chinese Brothers is so slight it risks evaporating on contact.September 03, 2015
With 7 Chinese Brothers, Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington has made his most accessible film yet.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.