Your Sister's Sister Reviews

When the heartfelt professions of love and soul-unloading declarations of betterment are emulsified down to mush, all that remains is a swiftly evaporating run-of-the-mill residue.

Full Review | Original Score: C

The sisters are merely agents in Jack's maturation in what is ultimately a Judd Apatow film on a microbudget.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

An improvised pseudo-farce that tumbles into melodrama -- in between all the long, LOOOOoonng heart-to-heart talks.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

It's pleasant as far as it goes. For all the blithe interaction among the central three performers, however, the material's conventional and predictable.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5

The setup is intriguing, but just as Shelton gets her hands dirty with the mess her characters have made, it's winding down to a seemingly improbable conclusion.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10

Thrives on awkward moments.

Full Review | Original Score: C

Shelton is too much in thrall to improvisation, and letting the actors "find" their characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

"Your Sister's Sister" follows the indie-cinema blueprint to the letter with one exception: One of the film's characters is a lesbian.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Lynn Shelton's fourth feature after her well-received "Humpday" demands more patience than understanding.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

...chick flick city...a ménage à trois-lite...agonizing to watch poor Emily Blunt laugh uproariously at contrived, slice of life conversation made with her sister

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10

Even amidst the excessive chatter, Emily Blunt shines most of all.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Expertly makes us squirm for about half its running time only to soothe us with empty pop-psych declarations.

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The low-budget film relies on character authenticity but ultimately requires too much suspension of disbelief.

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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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

This time out, Shelton seems to be playing the part of someone who doesn't know how to finish what she started.

Full Review | Original Score: C+

Places too much external pressure on the characters; the conflict is already there.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

The jabber is maddening, but with all due respect, the actors are wonderful, the performances as natural as inhaling. Still, in Emily Blunt's case, there is such a thing as too natural.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

As artificial as a Hollywood rom.com... With a different cast, a bigger budget, and some punched-up dialogue, it might have been made by Judd Apatow.

Full Review | Original Score: C