The Skeleton Twins

So I saw The Skeleton Twins and I thought it was pretty good. If might be because I just watched it recently but it really seemed cut from the same cloth as This Is Where I Leave You. Both movies feature estranged adult siblings reuniting in the wake of a tragedy, though Skeleton Twins is more of a sad movie with funny parts, instead of Leave You which was a comedy with some sad parts.

For me the best parts of the movie were the non-dramatic scenes where Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig just riffed and made each other laugh with little jokes. Their interactions are full of both biting sarcasm and genuine emotion that I really enjoyed. These happy moments made the inevitable falling outs and arguments all the more dramatic, because you could tell that the characters cared for each other but each had their own issues which got in the way.

This is a melancholy movie about life and growing up, and not quite the "you can't go home again" type comedy that it's advertised as. I suppose any movie with multiple suicide attempts can only be so funny (except for Groundhog Day, but that's a special case.) I found this movie to be very engrossing and very real, it's worth a look.