Your Sister's Sister
Comedy-drama examining the criss-crossing relationships between a man (grieving over the loss of his brother), his best friend and best friend's sister. Stars Emily Blunt (The Five-Year Engagement), Mark Duplass (Humpday) and Rosemarie DeWitt (The Company Men).
A year after his brother Tom's death, Jack (Duplass) is still struggling emotionally. When he makes a scene at a memorial party, Tom's best friend Iris (Blunt) offers up her family cabin on an island in the Pacific Northwest so Jack can seek catharsis in solitude.
Once there, however, he runs into Iris' sister Hannah (Dewitt) who is reeling from the abrupt end of a seven-year relationship and finds solace in Tom's unexpected presence. A blurry evening of drinking concludes with an awkward sexual incident, made worse by Iris' sudden presence at the cabin the next morning.
- Director:
- Lynn Shelton ('Humpday')
- Writer:
- Lynn Shelton
- Cast:
- Emily BluntRosemarie DeWittMark DuplassMike BirbigliaMel Eslyn
Reviews & comments
Advantages Of Running The Flex Offense To Generate Points
Gut wrenchly Beautiful
Take 3 amazing talented actors, one setting and what do you get? One outstanding film. The dynamic between each relationship is so interesting it will keep you captivated. The story is simple but so well thought out there are twists and turns that had me surprised, which I loved! Some wonderful acting by the whole cast, this film is defiantly a must...
Variety
pressAfter putting male insecurity under a comic microscope in "Humpday," writer-director Lynn Shelton hands the fairer sex a more prominent role in Your Sister's Sister, another winning study of relational boundaries crossed and sexual dares gone awry.
Total Film
pressIt's probably the best three-star movie this month. An effortless, emotional, funny little indie that few people will see. Be one of them.
Time Out
pressNothing about the movie is showy, except for Shelton's palpable love of good people making a mess of things. Barring some late-inning coyness, it's some of the truest, dinged-heart couples' circling of the year.
Time Magazine
pressThere is a looseness to the dialogue that suits the mood of the story-each character gets his or her own bombshell (or two) to digest and has to figure out how to cope with it.
The New York Times
pressThe film's late swerves into melodrama and the neighboring region of farce feel panicky and pandering. The subtlety of the performances - Ms. DeWitt's in particular - is sacrificed for easy laughs, shallow tears and a coy trick ending. Just when it was starting to get interesting.
The Guardian
pressA captivating examination of criss-crossing relationships permeated by incisive performances.
IndieWire
pressDuplass' feisty energy is matched by DeWitt's constant smarminess, while Blunt's shy, fragile behavior balances off the forceful personalities surrounding her.
Empire Magazine
pressThis may be slight and familiar, but it also delivers a sweet-natured, poignant look at the differences between the sexes.
Variety
pressAfter putting male insecurity under a comic microscope in "Humpday," writer-director Lynn Shelton hands the fairer sex a more prominent role in Your Sister's Sister, another winning study of relational boundaries crossed and sexual dares gone awry.
Total Film
pressIt's probably the best three-star movie this month. An effortless, emotional, funny little indie that few people will see. Be one of them.
Time Out
pressNothing about the movie is showy, except for Shelton's palpable love of good people making a mess of things. Barring some late-inning coyness, it's some of the truest, dinged-heart couples' circling of the year.
Time Magazine
pressThere is a looseness to the dialogue that suits the mood of the story-each character gets his or her own bombshell (or two) to digest and has to figure out how to cope with it.
The New York Times
pressThe film's late swerves into melodrama and the neighboring region of farce feel panicky and pandering. The subtlety of the performances - Ms. DeWitt's in particular - is sacrificed for easy laughs, shallow tears and a coy trick ending. Just when it was starting to get interesting.
The Guardian
pressA captivating examination of criss-crossing relationships permeated by incisive performances.
IndieWire
pressDuplass' feisty energy is matched by DeWitt's constant smarminess, while Blunt's shy, fragile behavior balances off the forceful personalities surrounding her.
Empire Magazine
pressThis may be slight and familiar, but it also delivers a sweet-natured, poignant look at the differences between the sexes.
Advantages Of Running The Flex Offense To Generate Points
Gut wrenchly Beautiful
Take 3 amazing talented actors, one setting and what do you get? One outstanding film. The dynamic between each relationship is so interesting it will keep you captivated. The story is simple but so well thought out there are twists and turns that had me surprised, which I loved! Some wonderful acting by the whole cast, this film is defiantly a must...
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