Little Brother

A tightly wound realtor has his immaculate life detonated by the return of his lovably chaotic little brother, and the film mines that collision for exactly the discomfort its tagline advertises. The setup is classic odd-couple comedy, but the phrase uncomfortably touching signals the real intent: laughs that arrive with a wince, and a sibling bond that keeps insisting on itself even when nobody involved wants it to.

Viewers who like comedies with a raw nerve running through them, where the jokes double as family wounds, are the right crowd. At a hundred and one minutes there is room for the relationship to be more than a gag engine, so expect the humour to soften into something genuine as it goes. Fans of awkward, character-driven comedy over broad farce will settle in happily. A warm, prickly watch for a night when you want to laugh and get a little choked up anyway.