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Dominick and Eugene (1988)
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Movie Review by Zara 
January 24th, 2007
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I love you, Nicky
When I'm not out in the world watching movies and writing reviews for the illustrious joblo.com, I have a day job. For the past 4+ years I have worked with adults who have developmental disabilities as well as those who might have sustained brain trauma from an accident or illness. Because of this, I typically eschew most Hollywood tales of those "less fortunate" because the either the actor looks like they are clearly attempting to win themselves an Oscar or the sentimentality is laid on thick enough to rot your brain out in the first 15 minutes.
DOMINICK AND EUGENE is the story of fraternal twin brothers, one of whom is slower due to an accident from their childhood. The other brother is a medical student who tries his hardest to protect and shelter his brother, but is torn over having to move far away from him in order to complete his education and financially support him in the future. The story is one of a deep and profound love, a love that can only be shared by brothers who have been through a tragedy together. It manages to draw you in slowly without ever leading you into feeling sorry for either of the characters.
Tom Hulce gives one of the few honest portrayals of a developmentally disabled individual and does so quietly and without fanfare. There is no flailing of arms, no special schools. Dominick holds a job that he is good at, a job that has helped put his brother through school. Liotta isn't the saintly brother, constantly giving of himself, but rather a real person who gets frustrated to his breaking point with a brother that he knows cannot help what he does. This movie is character driven with characters that you actually give a damn about and a story that change how you look at those people living right beside you in your community who are not saints, not angels, but flawed human beings just like each and every one of us.
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