2024 Movie
Dir. Azazel Jacobs · United States of America · English
Three sisters deal with life and death in this moving family portrait
Not everybody holds a good relationship with their sisters, but ideally, we get to reunite and repair things in a good time. Unfortunately, for some families, the only time they reunite is due to a parent nearly dying. This is the case in His Three Daughters, where the three sisters meet after years living apart. It’s a common plotline, mostly depicted in the feel-good, family friendly variation, but writer-director Azazel Jacobs makes the three sisters distinct by taking the easy assumptions many people would make about them, and naturally push them to reveal the opposite. Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen form a great trio, delivering equally excellent performances under the same roof.
Emotions run high when three estranged sisters reunite in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days.
"[Azazel Jacobs's] Three Daughters is closer to a Bergmanesque chamber drama in which coiled bitterness and petty recrimination are never far from tipping into the domestic discourse."
— David Jenkins
"The performers make these people worth watching..."
— Bilge Ebiri
After their father falls ill, three estranged sisters return to his New York apartment to care for him in his final three days. Katie takes charge of the proceedings with a controlling demeanor, free-spirited Christina feels anxious about being separated from her kid for the first time, and their half-sister Rachel deals with the upcoming death by getting stoned and betting on sports.
With their differences, it's understandable that the sisters would clash, but what plenty of films rush is the healing process. This film devotes equal time to both laying out the resentments and honestly, truly mending them.
Thank you Azazel Jacobs, for bringing Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen together to maximize their joint slay.
Spirit Awards
1 win
Nat. Board of Review
1 win
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How can you put this in comedy, i mean it is a great movie, walks us through a difficult situation in life but there no comedy in it
Unbelievably boring. Maybe this is a matter of taste but Natasha Lyonne is a bad actor.
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