Wednesday, August 29, 2012

"Do you have a thing for my sister?"

Your Sister's Sister: starring Emily Blunt, Mark Duplass, and Rosemarie DeWitt.

The film begins with a memorial for Tom. Iris (Emily Blunt) is Tom's former girlfriend. Jack (Mark Duplass) is Tom's brother and Iris' best friend. Jack has fallen apart since the death of his brother.  In an effort to help him redirect his course in life, Iris offers Jack the use of her father's cabin.  Unbeknownst to Iris and Jack, Iris' sister, Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt) is also occupying the cabin. Jack suprises Hannah who is recovering from a break up from a seven year relationship.

The film is a distorted love triangle.  Iris is in love with Jack, but hasn't told him. Jack has a thing for Iris but feels his life is directionless and he cannot rope someone into his life. Hannah is a lesbian who wants a child desparately.  Jack and Hannah share a bottle of tequila and end up having the least glamorous sex in the world.  The next morning as a surprise Iris shows up at the cabin to keep Jack company and finds her sister present.  The next few days unfold with secrets being kept and revealed, childish pokes and adult pain.

I wanted to like this film. I really like Rosemarie DeWitt, check her out in the United States of Tara. But this film felt like an inde film. It dragged and dropped in places. It had an interesting idea but did not end well. The trailer caught most of the good moments in it. This is not worth seeing on the big screen or renting. Maybe worth a sit through if you catch it on tv. 

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