His Three Daughters

Katie (Carrie Coon) and Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) have come to stay with their sister, Rachel (Natasha Lyonne) to be with their dying father who is living at home in hospice care. Rachel is an adult and has been living with their father in her shared New York apartment. Between smoking her daily weed, Rachel has been shouldering the heavy burden of looking after their dad, for the most part. The movie begins close to their father's end. Azazel Jacobs wrote and directed this smart and poignant film. Each character is given a full life. You know these people. The older A-type judgement sister, Katie, who pours and drinks red wine like she were stabbing someone. The peacemaker, Christine, the former deadhead, hoping everyone can just get along. And Rachel, the pot smoking piece of damaged goods who seems to have a chip on her shoulder. The actors here breathe full life into these characters and you feel them. These people are real. This is a meditation on family dynamics, identity, and death. "His Three Daughters" is one of the best movies of the year. Expect to see this one at all the award shows. Catch this now in theatres. Soon to be streaming on Netflix or wait and go rent it from Movies 'N Stuff here in Ottawa when it arrives on the shelf.