The Skeleton Twins (2014)

Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.

Director:

Craig Johnson

Writers:

Craig Johnson, Mark Heyman

Stars:

Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson

4 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bill Hader	...	Milo Dean
Kristen Wiig	...	Maggie Dean
Luke Wilson	...	Lance
Ty Burrell	...	Rich Levitt
Boyd Holbrook	...	Billy
Joanna Gleason	...	Judy
Kathleen Rose Perkins	...	Carlie Vanderhoff
Adriane Lenox	...	Dr. Linda Essex
Sydney Lucas	...	Young Maggie
Eddie Schweighardt	...	Young Milo
Paul Castro Jr.	...	Eric Levitt
Benjamin McGowan	...	Cullen Vanderhoff
Jennifer Smith	...	Bar Woman
Genevieve Adams	...	Store Manager
Truck Hudson	...	Security Officer

Storyline

After ten years of estrangement, twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront how their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them both, they realize that the key to fixing their lives just may lie in fixing their relationship with each other.

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Plot Keywords:

brother sister relationship | siblings | suicide attempt | adultery | estrangement | 

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Taglines:

Family is a cruel joke.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

M

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig have worked together many times before. In addition to the many seasons of Saturday Night Live (1975), on which they worked simultaneously, at the time this movie was filmed, they had already appeared in over half a dozen films in common, including Adventureland (2009), Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Paul (2011), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), The Brothers Solomon (2007), and Her (2013).

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Goofs

[All goofs for this title are spoilers.]

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Quotes

Milo Dean: Do you love him?
Maggie Dean: Yeah, I do. He's... he's good.
Milo Dean: Maybe good isn't your thing.

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Connections

Featured in Film '72: Episode dated 5 November 2014 (2014)

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Soundtracks

Outer Space
Written by John Grant
Performed by John Grant

User Reviews

Warm and Enjoyable offbeat comedy

Twins Milo and Maggie have not seen each other for ten years then Maggie gets a call to say her estranged brother is in hospital after a failed suicide attempt.

She goes to see him out in L.A. and brings him back to New York. There he gets to confront his past, their joint histories and whatever the future may hold. This is essentially them getting to know each other again after such a long hiatus and in doing so holding up a metaphoric mirror to each other.

Now this started out a bit slow but once it picked up it is really engaging. Bill Hader as Milo manages to capture the complexities of some one full of life's disappointment but still with reserves of joy that just need tapping. Kristen Wiig plays his sister who has more layers than an onion in terms of how she juggles her various needs. In other words they are both just really human with the same frailties we all have. This is a comedy but it is somewhat dark and often wry but I still found this to be extremely enjoyable for all that – recommended to those who like an offbeat comedy.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

11 September 2014 (New Zealand)

Also Known As:

Csontváz ikrek

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$380,691, 14 September 2014

Gross USA:

$5,284,309

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,776,640

Company Credits

Production Co:

Duplass Brothers Productions, Venture Forth

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1