SummaryLarry (Jason Schwartzman) is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glorious shores of an undiscriminating Quick-Lube. Taking a part-time job vacuuming and washing windshields, Larry finds himself mixed up with hostile co-workers and unsatisfied customers, while also finding himself smitten with his ... Read More
Directed By:Bob Byington
Written By:Bob Byington
7 Chinese Brothers
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
56
50% Positive
8 Reviews
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6% Negative
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Aug 26, 2015
75
Feels like an homage to the early work of Wes Anderson with its plinky soundtrack, solipsistic banter and emphasis on uniforms.
Apr 14, 2015
70
Byington's two-chuckle-a-minute script is mostly interested in Larry's constant, evasive patter, which continues whether the target of his words appears to care what he's saying or not.
Apr 14, 2015
67
While it conjures up a winning swirl of themes, lines and images as it unfurls, one suspects that Schwartzman’s considerable talents are compensating for some core deficiencies.
Sep 3, 2015
60
Jason Schwartzman has become, without question, the go-to actor when you want a character with off-putting, even annoying traits, yet need to have the audience side with him just enough not to want to strangle him.
Aug 26, 2015
58
Bob Byington’s 7 Chinese Brothers is no "Listen Up Philip," but it’s an amiable enough slacker comedy, boosted by its star.
Aug 25, 2015
40
A comedy too listless to bother crafting jokes or comic incidents, a character study centered on a sweet-natured prick it's hard to believe could actually exist tumbleweeding into a job at a lube shop, 7 Chinese Brothers is a go-nowhere shrug of a movie, the kind of indie that might send you screaming for the multiplex.
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Dec 13, 2018
6
Sort of like the movie you and your stoner friends always wanted to write but unlike you and your lazy ilk, Jason Schwartzman is related to Francis Ford Coppola and Nick Cage and can greenlight anything, anytime.
Mar 28, 2022
5
Jason Schwartzman is one of those actors who seems to be pigeon-holed into one image and acting style, but yet, even when he doesn't seem to be taking any acting risks, he manages to do a good job and not become a cliché.
That's a really tricky thing. Now, the only problem with that, is that despite doing things well, Schwartzman gets trapped in roles like the one in this film. Indie to the core, but with absolutely nothing special to stand out.
Production Company:
- 8750 Films
- Faliro House Productions
Release Date:Aug 28, 2015
Duration:1 h 16 m
Tagline:Failure has a new overachiever
Awards
Traverse City Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sidewalk Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Little Rock Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
