When two brothers are invited by a stranger—apparently their father—on a fishing trip, the boys’ journey becomes an epic struggle charged with resentment, distrust, and longing. Is this a rite of passage into manhood, or are they being led to their deaths? Zvyagintsev’s movie might be a parable about Russian history, and at times it suggests religious allegory as well, earning worthy comparisons to both Dostoyevsky and Tarkovsky. – Jeffrey Overstreet