For Natalie Portman, fame has been a double-edged sword. If her name is familiar to you, it's probably because of her appearances in the second set of "Star Wars" films, or perhaps because of her guest-hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live," where she contributed a memorably raunchy -- and uproarious -- rap. Maybe you remember her as the shaven-headed renegade on the run in "V for Vendetta."
But those credits don't do justice to her talents. Portman truly excels when she's given an emotionally complex character to work with, and that's what screenwriter David Benioff ("The Kite Runner") and director Jim Sheridan ("My Left Foot") offer her in "Brothers," an Americanized revamping of the 2004 Danish film "Brodre."
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