The Skeleton Twins
Written by Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman
Directed by Craig Johnson
USA, 2014
With acclaimed runs as featured players on Saturday Night Live under their belts, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig have now made a successful foray into drama. In Craig Johnson’s The Skeleton Twins, the renowned comedians play the titular siblings who, after both cheating death on the same day, try to reconnect and confront the dark family history that led to their suicide attempts.
Co-written by Johnson and fellow Nyu grad film alum Mark Heyman (who was famously poached from class by Darren Aronofsky and went on to pen Black Swan; their other classmate was Cary Fukunaga of True Detective) while the two were still students, this long dormant project epitomizes the type of modestly-budgeted, adult-targeted films that rarely get made, and only when headlined by big names. Though dark in subject matter, dealing with identity crisis,...
Written by Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman
Directed by Craig Johnson
USA, 2014
With acclaimed runs as featured players on Saturday Night Live under their belts, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig have now made a successful foray into drama. In Craig Johnson’s The Skeleton Twins, the renowned comedians play the titular siblings who, after both cheating death on the same day, try to reconnect and confront the dark family history that led to their suicide attempts.
Co-written by Johnson and fellow Nyu grad film alum Mark Heyman (who was famously poached from class by Darren Aronofsky and went on to pen Black Swan; their other classmate was Cary Fukunaga of True Detective) while the two were still students, this long dormant project epitomizes the type of modestly-budgeted, adult-targeted films that rarely get made, and only when headlined by big names. Though dark in subject matter, dealing with identity crisis,...
- 5/7/2014
- by Misa Shikuma
- SoundOnSight
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