Little Sister

Name: Little Sister
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: October 14, 2016
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 74

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Forager Films | Release Date: October 14, 2016 | Not Rated

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 PeterOctober, 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 Peter Hedges) are happy enough to see her, but unease and awkwardness abounds. Her brother (Keith Poulson) is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war. During Colleen’s visit, tensions rise and fall with a little help from Halloween, pot cupcakes, and GWAR. Little Sister is a sad comedy about family – a schmaltz-free, pathos-drenched, feel good movie for the little goth girl inside us all.… Expand

Director: Zach Clark

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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Richard Brody

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. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Oct 13, 2016

Clark’s fifth feature is marked by his characteristic brand of distorted realism, though a classically redemptive arc — with even a hint of spiked sentimentality — sounds a new note in his oeuvre. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Oct 13, 2016

Flirting with sitcommy high jinks, Clark instead gives us a bittersweet cocktail of soul-weary defeat and unassuming vigor. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Aug 1, 2016

The humor enhances this drive by lightening the weightiness of the Lunsfords’ struggle as well as endearing them as a relatable group not so different from our own families regardless of our personal issues possibly not matching their immense tragedy. Read full review

Katie Rife

Oct 12, 2016

A slight, sweetly cynical indie dramedy about family and belonging and the ways we cope with life’s disappointments. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

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. Read full review

Oleg Ivanov

Oct 12, 2016

The film's attempt at political insight and portrayal of social malaise are meant to give it the illusion of depth. Read full review

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DrBlahBlah

Apr 30, 2017

A remarkable film from start to finish, Little Sister is criminally undervalued and deserved a wider release. Luckily, it's now on Netflix. Check it out!

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geewah

Jan 5, 2021

An indie dramedy that does have some funny moments and a solid soundtrack but falls flat when it tries to get political.

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