The rest turns on
sibling bonds broken in rivalry (Eric Linden is his talented kid brother) and romance and a spiral into defeat after the fiery death of a teammate on the track.
Not exact matches
While clearly not as enticing as the family
bond at the center of «The
Broken Circle Breakdown,» «Belgica's»
sibling dynamic seeks to find the mythic in what might otherwise be a gossipy smear job.
For every moment that bluntly reveals the distance between these characters, there's one that implies
bonds too strong to be
broken: Danny sitting at a piano with his daughter, knocking out a gentle duet they wrote together; a heart - to - heart that comes to blows, under the influence of competing drugs; a series of painfully public addresses that demonstrate how, strangely enough, mutual animosity toward a parent can bring
siblings closer together.
Miller's both incredibly winning at the more upbeat side of the character (it's a version of the gay best friend archetype we actually recognize from real life, rather than from other movies), but sells the
broken - heartedness, the step -
sibling bond with Watson, and the general sense of being on the wrong side of the cool kids beautifully.