Your Sister's Sister
2011
*½
Director: Lynn Shelton
Cast: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass, Mike Birbiglia
One year after his brother's death, Jack is still in the doldrums. The brother's ex-girlfriend Iris, who is secretly in love with Jack, sends him to her father's remote cabin to clear his head. Once there, Jack finds Hannah, Iris' lesbian sister who is in a vulnerable place. Things begin to get weird when Iris arrives the next morning. At the cabin, these three people (who seem to have nothing but time at their hands) talk through the days and, since they can't sleep, talk through the nights. They talk about relationships, about relationships, and about the ethics of vegan cooking. The dialogue is plentiful but not meaningful or memorable, and the natural performances cannot hide the emptiness of the characters. And just when I settled in to watch 90 minutes of pointless waffle, the story takes a turn to silly romantic melodrama two-thirds through the film.
