Your Sister's Sister

Film Review by Jamie Dunn | 29 Jun 2012
Film title: Your Sister's Sister
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Emily Blunt, Mark Duplass, Rosemarie DeWitt, Tom Birbiglia
Release date: Out now
Certificate: TBC

Mumblecore king Mark Duplass (think of a smug, male Greta Gerwig) plays Jack, a 30-something slacker who’s struggling to get over the death of his brother, who died a year earlier. His gal-pal Iris (a luminous Emily Blunt), a serial dater with a major crush on Mark, sends him off to her family’s secluded cabin to have some alone time. But he’s not alone. Iris’s sister Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt) is also there trying to get her shit together following a messy breakup with her longterm girlfriend. A bottle of Jose Cuervo, ten seconds of love making and a night of snuggling later and the pair are in a predicament, as Iris (who Mark’s secretly in love with) turns up unexpectedly. Shelton is a wonder with actors and she mines some gold from this sitcom setup – DeWitt, in particular, showcases a spiky comic deftness. Shame about a soapy third act of melancholy set to acoustic guitar that’s as bland and shapeless as the vegan pancakes Hannah whips up for the trio. [Jamie Dunn]

Your Sister's Sister screens 16 Feb and 17 Feb as part of Glasgow Film Festival 2012 http://glasgowfilm.org/festival/whats_on/3651_your_sisters_sister