The Brothers McMullen

The Brothers McMullen

Sometimes the Best Friends Are the Ones You've Known Your Whole Life.

199598 min6.1 / 10

A warm, character-driven indie dramedy about three brothers navigating love, faith, and identity, grounded in Irish Catholic family bonds and 1990s Long Island life.

Deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex, marriage, religion and family — in the 1990s.

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