Little Sister

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Jeff M @jeffmarshallmovieblogger Jan 26, 2024 This quirky comedy/drama has a lot going for it, including a fine performance by Timlin that holds the picture together, but as much as I love a good dysfunctional family movie, when the family in question is filled with eccentricity after eccentricity and dilemma after dilemma, it gets to be overwhelming and less credible as time goes by. One or more of the characters is dealing with drugs, alcohol, disfigurement, terrorist activity, religious uncertainty, lung problems and the list goes on. It tends to feel like quirkiness for the sake of quirkiness, and that eventually sinks the movie for me, despite some nice individual moments, including a third act scene between Timlin and Sheedy that is one of the few genuinely felt scenes in the movie. See more Gareth v @geewah Jun 22, 2023 An indie dramedy that does have some funny moments and a solid soundtrack but falls flat when it tries to get political. See more Rodney G @Rodknee Sep 19, 2019 One of my favorite films. Great goth soundtrack. Quirky performances. Realistic characters. Recommended. See more Sep 11, 2019 Great acting, direction, and music! Funny and entertain See more Apr 2, 2018 Watchable, but forgettable..... See more Nov 10, 2017 Little Sister is a quaint little indie drama about a nun who is about to take her vows when she is called home to spend time with her dysfunctional family, especially her brother who has been disfigured in the war. I felt this movie rode the line between comedy and drama fairly well, because it is dealing with some heavy things, but the way each person in this family finds to cope with it can be quite humorous. I liked some of the unexpected things that the main character would do, because we come in with certain expectations of a nun, and she simply doesn’t fit in that box. There are a lot of important topics that no one talks about in this movie, even though you know they are issues that need to be addressed. However, that felt like a choice because real families will often avoid confrontation in the same way. The sad thing that I didn’t enjoy about Little Sister is the fact that these issues, because they remain unaddressed, also never get resolved. So this is not the kind of movie that I ordinarily enjoy. I get annoyed with some of the things that the characters do (or don’t do,) and there’s not a satisfying resolution in the end. Most of the acting performances were decent, even if everyone was fairly mild and soft-spoken. There were enough laughs in Little Sister, and because I was eventually able to accept the fact that they deliberately denied resolution, I could see myself recommending it to others. But it certainly won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. See more Read all reviews

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