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  • 2016
  • Forager Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2016
  • Forager Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary October, 2008. Young nun Colleen (Addison Timlin) is avoiding all contact from her family, until an email from her mother announces, “Your brother is home.” On returning to her childhood home in Asheville, NC, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth/metal posters. Her parents (Ally Sheedy and Pet...

Directed By: Zach Clark

Written By: Melodie Sisk, Zach Clark

  • 2016
  • Forager Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2016
  • Forager Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Little Sister

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.2
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Summary October, 2008. Young nun Colleen (Addison Timlin) is avoiding all contact from her family, until an email from her mother announces, “Your brother is home.” On returning to her childhood home in Asheville, NC, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth/metal posters. Her parents (Ally Sheedy and Pet...

Directed By: Zach Clark

Written By: Melodie Sisk, Zach Clark

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
74
92% Positive
12 Reviews
0% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
74
92% Positive
12 Reviews
0% Mixed
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8% Negative
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100
Oct 13, 2016
With its blend of terrifyingly intense family bonds and the howling furies of the world outside, this is a great American political film.
By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 13, 2016
Flirting with sitcommy high jinks, Clark instead gives us a bittersweet cocktail of soul-weary defeat and unassuming vigor.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 14, 2016
It's a quiet and gentle film, emotional but not manipulatively sentimental, sad but not nihilistic, Marilyn Manson epigram and Goth-font chapter markers notwithstanding.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 12, 2016
A slight, sweetly cynical indie dramedy about family and belonging and the ways we cope with life’s disappointments.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 27, 2016
The punk and metal music-infused soundtrack belies the film’s largely gentle approach to a series of small, evocative and well-played moments that combine to slowly heal the Lunsfords and prove that you can go home again.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
67
Oct 12, 2016
Timlin and Paulson create a believable rapport as the central siblings, though it’s Sheedy’s chemistry with the camera (and her character) that creates the film’s most dramatically satisfying moments.
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38
Oct 12, 2016
The film's attempt at political insight and portrayal of social malaise are meant to give it the illusion of depth.
By Oleg Ivanov FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.2
36% Positive
4 Ratings
55% Mixed
6 Ratings
9% Negative
1 Rating

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.2
36% Positive
4 Ratings
55% Mixed
6 Ratings
9% Negative
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Production Company Forager Films, Nice Dissolve, Wraith Films
Release Date Oct 14, 2016
Duration 1 h 31 m
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Website http://www.littlesisterthemovie.com/
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Awards

Oak Cliff Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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