The Skeleton Twins

2014

1h 32m

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6.6/10

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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.

Directors

Craig Johnson

Writers

Mark Heyman(writer by)

Craig Johnson(writer by)

Stars

Bill Hader

Kristen Wiig

Luke Wilson

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Milo Dean

Maggie Dean

Lance

Rich

Billy

Judy

Kathleen Rose Perkins

Carlie

Dr. Linda Essex

Young Maggie

Young Milo

Eric

Cullen

Bar Woman

Store Manager

Security Officer

Police Officer

Waiter (uncredited)

College Dude (uncredited)

Directors

Craig Johnson

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Mark Heyman(writer by)

Craig Johnson(writer by)

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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

Rangan26 Aug, 2015