Review of the film 'The Sisters Brothers' (2018)
Eli & Charlie are the titular Sisters brothers, and they are
perfect gunmen. They are fearless, they are quick at drawing, they
aim like no one, and more importantly, they are remorseless. Turned
into guns for hire, they work for the Commodore who tasks them to
catch outlaws -but he has interests of his own. The Commodore
instructs the Sisters brothers to catch Hermann Kermit Warm, on the
grounds of being a thief, and tells them to contact John Morris who
is already working on finding Warm. The brothers will face the
perils of the Far West, and then, they will find Warm is not who they
think.
The screenplay develops adequately the characters of Eli, Charlie,
Morris and Warm. Through the endless violence we get a taste of the
void in the life of the brothers, about to keep going on and killing
people with no discernible end in sight – and the characters feel
that void and reflect on it.
The film production does a good job on providing a detailed
reconstruction of the Far West, its towns and even a bit of the San
Francisco city. Costumes and decoration are minutely detailed, and
with the help of an excellent illumination, we can feel the atmosphere
of the epoch. Audiard does
a good job at the direction, alternating the fast pace for the action
sequences with the slow pace for the drama scenes
– though
his use of the camera for the action sequences is far from
Peckinpah's.
As
for the acting, it is good
in general – and
that's
the sign of a good acting direction. The
Hindustani
Riz Ahmed, in
spite of being miscast as
a German-named character, does
a good job. Also good is
Joaquin Phoenix is good as
the reckless Charlie. John
C. Reilly is brilliant as
the stubborn but tender
Eli. But the best
performance comes out of Jake
Gyllenhaal – in
spite of having less dialogue than his
counterparts, Gyllenhaal
gives his character a
mysterious magnetism that
makes it outstanding.
All in all, an excellent film. 4 out of 5.
Title:
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The Sisters Brothers
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Genre:
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Adventure
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Year:
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2018
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Nationality:
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France, Spain, Romania, Belgium,
USA
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Colour:
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Colour
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Director:
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Jacques Audiard
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Writer:
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Jacques Audiard & Thomas
Bidegain, based in the book by Patrick DeWitt
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Cast:
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John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix,
Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rebecca Root, Allison Tolman, Rutger
Hauer, Carol Kane, Patrice Cossonneau, Zac Abbott, David Gasman,
Philip Rosch, Creed Bratton, Lenuta Bala, Jochen Hägele, Eric
Colvin, Ian Reddington, Aldo Maland, Theo Exarchopoulos, Sean
Duggan, Raymond Waring, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Gerard
Cooke, Frédéric Siuen, Trevor Allan Davies, Aidan O'Hare,
Andrew Litvack, Nick Cornwall, Duncan Lacroix, Jean-Marc Bellu,
Diego Llano, Hugo Dillon, Lexie Benbow-Hart, Richard Brake, Kelda
Holmes
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Producer:
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Pascal Caucheteux, Michael De
Luca, Alison Dickey, Michel Merkt, John C. Reilly, Gregoire
Sorlat
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Executive producer:
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Chelsea Barnard, Megan Ellison,
Tudor Reu, Sammy Scher, Delphine Tomson, Fernando Victoria de
Lecea
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Production designer:
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Michel Barthélémy
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Cinematographer:
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Benoît Debie
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Film editor:
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Juliette Welfling
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Casting:
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Christel Baras, Francine
Maisler, Mathilde Snodgrass
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Art Director:
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Gilles Boillot, Antonio
Calvo-Dominguez, Dominique Moisan, Serban Porupca, Etienne Rohde
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Set Decorator:
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Angela Nahum
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Costume Designer:
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Milena Canonero
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Music:
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Alexandre Desplat
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Running time:
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122 minutes
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Language:
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English
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