The Skeleton Twins

9/12/20141h 32m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Family is a cruel joke. ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Craig Johnson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,000,000.00

Revenue:

$5,300,000.00

Key words:

adultery
infidelity
new york city
sibling relationship
parent child relationship
confession
bisexuality
cowardice
rejection
death of father
reunion
in the closet
teacher student relationship
lgbt
estrangement
fraternal twins
new ager
twin synchronization
brother sister relationship

Cast

Bill Hader

~ as ~

Milo Dean

Kristen Wiig

~ as ~

Maggie Dean

Luke Wilson

~ as ~

Lance

Ty Burrell

~ as ~

Rich

Boyd Holbrook

~ as ~

Billy

Joanna Gleason

~ as ~

Judy

Kathleen Rose Perkins

~ as ~

Carlie

Adriane Lenox

~ as ~

Dr. Linda Essex

Sydney Lucas

~ as ~

Young Maggie

Eddie Schweighardt

~ as ~

Young Milo

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Reviews (1)

Reno
Written 10 year(s) ago
7

Twins and their failures, depression, suicide attempt, together overcoming.

After the beautiful 'Hateship Loveship', I expected this one for Kristen Wiig. It was a brother-sister relationship theme. The main characters are twins and they have lots of common. The story begins when they meet for the first time after the ten years of no connection. The circumstance was strange as they both were depressed who attempt for a self kill. That does not end successfully, instead narration commence for us where they share each others memory of the past by trying to shape up the present life. But still the old habits won't let them alone as they encounter life changing decisions by the end of the story.

Kind of a rare movie, all about the twins' bonding told in a humourous way, mostly. Mistakes are the essence of the script. The fall and rise were cleverly constructed throughout around those two characters. The cast was the plus point. Since it was about twins, Wiig and Hader are perfectly fit for their respective roles. As for Bill Hader, I've never seen he donned in a higher ranked role like this. He was always been a co-star and in this film he's one of the leads. Everybody gets their time right like awesome Timothy Spall in 'Mr. Turner'.

In this movie, these two lead performers were absolutely spot on. But the lack of pace is a challenge. If you pass through it successfully, you would get a nice entertainment. If not, the movie would be dull, pale, even it could be worse film of the year for you. Anyway, still it falls short to be an excellent film, I consider it to be a just good movie. Worth a watch, but the movie won't stay in your memory for so long.

6.5/10