Your Sister's Sister (2012)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 132
Fresh: 110 | Rotten: 22
Superbly acted and satisfyingly engaging, Your Sister's Sister subverts rom-com conventions with sensitive direction, an unconventional screenplay, and a big heart.
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 7
Superbly acted and satisfyingly engaging, Your Sister's Sister subverts rom-com conventions with sensitive direction, an unconventional screenplay, and a big heart.
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A year after his brother Tom's death, Jack (Mark Duplass) is still struggling emotionally. When he makes a scene at a memorial party, Tom's best friend Iris (Emily Blunt) offers up her family cabin on an island in the Pacific Northwest so Jack can seek catharsis in solitude. Once there, however, he runs into Iris' sister Hannah (Rosemarie Dewitt) who is reeling from the abrupt end of a seven-year relationship and finds solace in Tom's unexpected presence. A blurry evening of drinking concludes
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Cast
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Emily Blunt
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Rosemarie DeWitt
Hannah -
Mark Duplass
Jack -
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Mike Harring
Tom -
James Dodson
Tom's Friend -
Pete Erickson
Tom's Friend -
Evan Mosher
Tom's Friend -
Jennifer Maas
Tom's Friend -
Jeanette Maus
Tom's Friend -
Dori Hana-Scherer
Tom's Friend -
Steve Snoey
Tom's Friend -
Dusty Warren
Tom's Friend -
Seth Warren
Tom's Friend -
Mel Eslyn
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Katie Jarvis
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Jeremy Mackie
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Nathan Miller
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Norm Tumolva
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Kate Bayley
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Jason Braggs
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John Lavin
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Lee Luna
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Petra Kjorsvik
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Kimberly Chin
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Kohen Chin
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Beckett Chin
Young Boy #2
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All Critics (132) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (111) | Rotten (22) | DVD (1)
Movies that start well and end badly occur often enough, and yet even knowing that is no preparation for what happens to Your Sister's Sister.
Top CriticIt certainly shows that fine films don't need big budgets, capturing some sweet lightning in an arresting bottle indeed.
Romantic, funny, surprising and thoroughly involving, Your Sister's Sister is the rare film you give yourself over to completely.
There's a nice, loose-limbed improvisatory feeling to "Your Sister's Sister," a quality that identifies it as the work of artisans, not assembly-line professionals.
This film should come with a warning: don't watch with a sibling. Unless you're up for some knowing elbow-digs.
Who are these people, and why are we watching them?
It's not rollicking summertime fare, and it won't offer easy answers. But it's an entertaining failure -- just like its characters.
There is some witty banter and some interesting developments. The acting is solid by the three leads.
I think I need a break from Mark Duplass for awhile. At least, from the Mark Duplass who isn't arguing about fantasy football with Ruxin and Taco.
What could have been trite male wish-fulfillment is instead beholden to genuinely messy revelations: life as a tattered, living quilt we sew and wear as one.
Lynn Shelton's finest film to date is a moving and bracingly romantic refute to the pressures imposed by conventional notions of emotional fulfillment.
It's in the completely natural interactions between this gifted cast that the film really hits its groove.
Your Sister's Sister is somewhat slight and familiar, but it still manages to offer some reasonably insightful material on love and sibling relationships.
For a film that relies on conversation and connection, it's awfully plot-heavy, full of "Aha!" dramatic revelations that feel more suited to a soap opera than an indie dramedy.
This lo-fi comedy is big on charm but was a little too shaggy for my taste.
Although the action of Your Sister's Sister soars to an ultimately implausible conclusion, solid performances from Emily Blunt, Mark Duplass and Rosemarie DeWitt keep the overall piece afloat.
Your Sister's Sister is a fine piece of character observation. It's low-key, casual, and tremendously insightful. It won't be for everybody, but that's a good thing. It's a strong, focused piece of work.
One of the most purely pleasurable 'grown-up' films I've seen this year.
A trident of terrifically earthy performances grounds this sharp, twist-laden romantic comedy.
A wonderfully funny and uncharacteristically easy take on a genre that has been in disrepair for some time.
Deceptively meandering and unexpectedly complex, Your Sister's Sister combines a poignant, funny directness with a teasing incompleteness.
Right from the get-go, this indie American talkfest exudes a confidence, a composure and, dare I say it, a cool that extinguishes any cynicism in the room.
Structured more as a comedy than a drama, Your Sister's Sister is easy to like.
Everything that takes place on screen feels convincing as Shelton is more concerned with representing her characters truthfully rather than pushing an agenda.
The rom-com twists don't always work, but it's easy to fall for stars who clearly love acting together - particularly Blunt, who could make a paper bag dazzle.
Audience Reviews for Your Sister's Sister
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- Jack: How, what, why... how did, what are you doing here?
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- Iris: What ever you think is helping you, I have a responsibility as your friend to tell you that it's not.
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