The Skeleton Twins

Family is a cruel joke.

6.6
20141h 32m

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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Trailers & Videos

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Official Trailer

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The First 10 Minutes of The Skeleton Twins (2014)

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THE SKELETON TWINS: TV Spot (:15) - Now Playing

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Meet The Artists '14: Craig Johnson - Sundance Film Festival

Cast

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Bill Hader

Milo Dean

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Kristen Wiig

Maggie Dean

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Adriane Lenox

Dr. Linda Essex

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Sydney Lucas

Young Maggie

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Genevieve Adams

Store Manager

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Truck Hudson

Security Officer

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Cliff Moylan

Police Officer

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Ian Hyland

Waiter (uncredited)

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David Garelik

College Dude (uncredited)

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Jennifer Lafleur

Drunk Natalie (uncredited)

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Reviews

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Reno

7/10

> 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

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