“Look,
it had nothing to do with you.”
“That
is bullshit. You're my brother. And we're supposed to be there for each other.
And if you don't get that by now, then, I don't know, I guess I'll talk to you
in another ten years.”
Oh, family. They drive us crazy in so many ways. I am
fortunate enough where no matter how crazy we drive each other that my family
is very close. Whenever I see a movie where families are not close it kind of
makes me sad. My family is no way perfect we drive each other up a damn wall
more than anything. I am the only girl with three younger brothers. I would
rather have brothers than sisters but holy shit it has never been easy with
brothers! I feel like I can understand how brothers and sisters and families
can drift apart and not talk to each other for years. Over the years I feel
like I have become less close to my parents and grandparents. When I was away
at school I used to call home and my grandma every day. Now I am just like I’ll
be down in the basement working on my blog leave me alone or there are
sometimes where I will be out and the only reason I want to come home is
because my bed and all my things are there.
That all got way too deep. This is a movie review not a
diary type of blog. No one wants to read those. (No offense if you run one
though)
I was trying to get to a point about the excellent movie The Skeleton Twins. The movie is about
twins Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo Dean (Bill Hader) who have not come from the best of family situations. Their father killed himself when he was younger because of depression. Milo has tried to kill
himself after his boyfriend broke up with him. Maggie is also unhappy. She was
working herself up to take an overdose of pills when she was called by the hospital
Milo was taken to. Despite not having spoken to or seen each other in ten years
Maggie is Milo’s emergency contact.
Maggie seems to have it all. She has a very loving
husband named Lance (Luke Wilson). Lance is completely head over heels in love
with Maggie but she does not feel the same about him. For excitement she has
been taking various classes and sleeping with the instructors. Milo sees that
Maggie’s life is just as fucked up and dramatic as his life. Neither is really
doing what they want or with who they really want to be with.
Throughout the movie Maggie and Milo realize they need
each other more than any other person in their lives. Like any pair of siblings
they fight, they cry, they laugh, they have a good time, and they understand each
other. They help each other work out their demons and their sadness.
The Skeleton Twins was fantastic. I liked how no matter how fucked up they both were Maggie and Milo needed each other and helped each other either outright or unknowingly. That is what my brothers and I sometimes to we do little things either purposefully or unknowingly and I love that. Kristen Wiig and Bill
Hader were perfection together and as individual actors. Wiig needs to be
recognized more for her dramatic roles. The woman has range and it seems all people
really know her from is from comedies, i.e. Saturday
Night Live, Bridesmaids. Sure comedy
is where she truly made her name but she is so incredible in dramas. I have
enjoyed seeing her play fucked up characters who do not have their shit
together whatsoever. Maybe it is because I kind of feel like a train wreck like
her characters feel just not as deeply or as messed up. Bill Hader he is the
same. The guy has some good range. I hope to see him in more roles like Milo
Dean. Hader and Wiig have such great chemistry that you can believe they could
really be brother and sister. I am sure their chemistry is so good because they
are great friends off screen. The Skeleton
Twins is absolutely worth seeing it is one of the best movies I have seen
in a while (**I have actually been saying this quite a bit with the newer
movies I have been watching and I am kind of shocked. Maybe I have finally been
watching the right modern movies? Or maybe I have had more of an open mind? Either
one works for me**)
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