The Sisters Brothers
(2019)Western dark comedy and Jacques Audiard’s follow-up to his Palme D’Or-winning Dheepan. Stars John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix.... More
Based on Patrick Dewitt’s novel of the same name, the film follows two brothers – Eli and Charlie Sisters (Reilly and Phoenix) – who are hired to kill a prospector who has stolen from their boss. The story takes place in Oregon in 1851.Hide
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Directed by Jacques Audiard ('Dheepan', 'Rust and Bone', 'A Prophet')
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Riz Ahmed, Jake Gyllenhaal, Carol Kane, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Ian Reddington, Rebecca Root
Written by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain (based on the novel of the same name by Patrick Dewitt)
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A pleasing, lovingly crafted Western from a surprising source. Full Review
Audiard's storytelling has an easy swing to it, his dialogue is garrulous and unsentimental, and the narrative is exotically offbeat. Full Review
Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly are the western double act you never knew you needed (until now) in this exhilarating cowboy romp. Full Review
You don't need a deep love of westerns to get a kick out of Jacques Audiard's wry, surprising, and often plain hilarious frontier story. Full Review
The movie turns out, in the end, to have an idealised sense of closure in mind, one you both can and cannot see coming. Full Review
It's serving a reheated version of worn-to-the-bone male obsessions. And it made me wish, frankly, that I was seeing something bolder and newer. Full Review
Audiard plays to his past strengths as a poet of wounded masculinity; in its most touching moments, "The Sisters Brothers" is like a hangout movie on horseback. Full Review
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