Dubbed "Refusing to Exhale" by director Gary Hardwick, The Brothers follows the hilarious path of four African-American men as they take on love, sex, friendship, and two of life’s most terrifying prospects—commitment and honesty. Smart, successful, and sexy, Jackson Smith (Chestnut), Brian Palmer (Bellamy), Derrick West (Hughley), and Terry White (Shemar Moore) are "The Brothers"—lifelong friends banded together to weather love’s innate terrors and occasional triumphs in this brazenly comic yet painfully truthful exploration of the battle between the sexes. Amidst career-track machinations, basketball, and bar hopping, "The Brothers" love women—as many as possible—but eventually must face a shocking revelation that tests their friendship and changes their dating habits forever.