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The Skeleton Twins

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6.6/10 • 627

2014-06-051h 32m

Drama

Family is a cruel joke.

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
Writters
Mark Heyman, Craig Johnson
Editors
Mark Heyman, Craig Johnson, Jennifer Lee

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Bill Hader

    Bill Hader

    Milo Dean

  2. Kristen Wiig

    Kristen Wiig

    Maggie Dean

  3. Luke Wilson

    Luke Wilson

    Lance

  4. Ty Burrell

    Ty Burrell

    Rich

  5. Boyd Holbrook

    Boyd Holbrook

    Billy

  6. Joanna Gleason

    Joanna Gleason

    Judy

  7. Kathleen Rose Perkins

    Kathleen Rose Perkins

    Carlie

  8. Adriane Lenox

    Adriane Lenox

    Dr. Linda Essex

  9. Sydney Lucas

    Sydney Lucas

    Young Maggie

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Reno

Aug 26, 2015

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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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,000,000.00
Revenue
$5,300,000.00
Keywords
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