Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Bill HaderMilo Dean
- Kristen WiigMaggie Dean
- Luke WilsonLance
- Ty BurrellRich
- Boyd HolbrookBilly
- Joanna GleasonJudy
- Kathleen Rose PerkinsCarlie
- Adriane LenoxDr. Linda Essex
- Sydney LucasYoung Maggie
- Eddie SchweighardtYoung Milo
Recommendations
- 90
Village Voice
What's singular here isn't that the stars are playing brother and sister, or that they stir such sublime and anxious joy from each other. It's that the real love story isn't even between the damaged-but-lovable characters. It's between two profoundly depressed people and life itself. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
It's a shockingly vulnerable performance (Hader), one of the best I've seen all year. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Warm, funny, heartfelt and even uplifting, the film is led by revelatory performances from Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, both of them exploring rewarding new dramatic range without neglecting their mad comedic skills. - 80
The Telegraph
Johnson and co-writer Mark Heyman may be exploring familiar territory but they do so with a warmth, subtlety and honesty that marks it out. - 80
Variety
Sibling bonds are fertile territory for indie dramedies, but The Skeleton Twins distinguishes itself from the pack with a pair of knockout performances from “Saturday Night Live” veterans Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. - 75
IndieWire
Judging by Johnson's previous feature, "True Adolescence," he's better at crafting characters with credible problems than finding equally credible ways of exploring them. Fortunately, in the case of Skeleton Twins, the actors do the legwork. - 75
Slant Magazine
Craig Johnson's film is ultimately most interested in what its jokes are implying or obscuring about the jokesters themselves. - 65
Film.com
While it’s only modestly effective at the serious stuff, at least it’s free of sanctimony and preciousness.
