The Sisters Brothers
Western dark comedy and Jacques Audiard’s follow-up to his Palme D’Or-winning Dheepan. Stars John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix.
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.
- Director:
- Jacques Audiard ('Dheepan', 'Rust and Bone', 'A Prophet')
- Writer:
- Jacques AudiardThomas Bidegain
- Cast:
- Joaquin PhoenixJohn C. ReillyRiz AhmedJake GyllenhaalCarol KaneJóhannes Haukur JóhannessonIan ReddingtonRebecca Root
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Blake Howard
flicksJoaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly play infamous bounty hunters in a deeply compelling western that subverts expectations.
Variety
pressIt'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.
Vanity Fair
pressThe movie turns out, in the end, to have an idealised sense of closure in mind, one you both can and cannot see coming.
Time Out
pressYou 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.
The Times
pressJoaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly are the western double act you never knew you needed (until now) in this exhilarating cowboy romp.
The Guardian
pressAudiard's storytelling has an easy swing to it, his dialogue is garrulous and unsentimental, and the narrative is exotically offbeat.
Los Angeles Times
pressAudiard 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.
Flicks, Blake Howard
flicksJoaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly play infamous bounty hunters in a deeply compelling western that subverts expectations.
Variety
pressIt'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.
Vanity Fair
pressThe movie turns out, in the end, to have an idealised sense of closure in mind, one you both can and cannot see coming.
Time Out
pressYou 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.
The Times
pressJoaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly are the western double act you never knew you needed (until now) in this exhilarating cowboy romp.
The Guardian
pressAudiard's storytelling has an easy swing to it, his dialogue is garrulous and unsentimental, and the narrative is exotically offbeat.
Los Angeles Times
pressAudiard 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.
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