Movie Review: His Three Daughters (2023)

Genre: Drama  

Director: Azazel Jacobs  

Starring: Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, Natasha Lyonne  

Running Time: 101 minutes  

Synopsis: Three sisters converge at the New York apartment of their father Vincent, who is dying under home hospice care. Katie (Carrie Coon) is highly strung and bossy, while Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) is soft spoken and a natural conciliator. The third sister (from Vincent's second marriage) is pothead and sports gambling addict Rachel (Natasha Lyonne), who lives with her dad and stands to inherit the apartment. Within the confined surroundings and under the stress of their father's impending demise, tensions surface between the sisters.

What Works Well: Writer and director Azazel Jacobs creates a milieu crackling with initially unspoken resentments, his organic script flowing with shrewd expressions of bottled-up frustration and barely subdued barbs. Katie, Christina, and Rachel are sharply drawn and distinct individuals connected by one parent, and as their dad approaches the end, they are forced to dig beneath their antagonism to explore what else binds them. The theatrical trappings work in favour of the drama's intimacy, and the three excellent lead performances expose warts-and-all humanity.

What Does Not Work As Well: The sisters appear annoyingly unaware that the imperfections besetting their lives are easily classified as first world problems.

Key Quote:

Rachel (contributing to her father's obituary): Married a couple of crazy bitches, raised a few crazy bitches.

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