The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Storyline
Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.
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Cast
Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Ty Burrell, Adriane Lenox, Joanna Gleason, Luke Wilson, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Jennifer Lafleur, Ian Hyland, Boyd Holbrook, Sydney Lucas, Eddie Schweighardt, Genevieve Adams, Cliff Moylan, Noah Segura, Paul Castro Jr., Benjamin McGowan, Jennifer Smith, Truck Hudson, David Garelik
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Reviews
90
Village Voice
What's singular here isn't that the stars are playing brother and sister, or that they stir such sublime and anxious joy from each other. It's that the real love story isn't even between the damaged-but-lovable characters. It's between two profoundly depressed people and life itself.
83
It's a shockingly vulnerable performance (Hader), one of the best I've seen all year.
80
Warm, funny, heartfelt and even uplifting, the film is led by revelatory performances from Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, both of them exploring rewarding new dramatic range without neglecting their mad comedic skills.
80
Johnson and co-writer Mark Heyman may be exploring familiar territory but they do so with a warmth, subtlety and honesty that marks it out.
80
Sibling bonds are fertile territory for indie dramedies, but The Skeleton Twins distinguishes itself from the pack with a pair of knockout performances from “Saturday Night Live” veterans Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig.
