Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix with that of Jake Gyllenhaal's John Morris and Riz Ahmed's Hermann Kermit Warm that things really get rolling. While it feels natural to be tepid in the opening twenty or so minutes as exposition is avoided in favor of the audience putting the pieces together themselves it is once director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone) begins to parallel the arcs of our titular characters as played by John C. In other words, The Sisters Brothers is wholly its own thing and it's very up front about this fact with an opening scene that is both startling, starkly aloof, and perplexing in the most intriguing of ways.

It isn't what you expect and not always what you hoped it might be, but it consistently does whatever the hell it wants and one can't help but to appreciate it for exactly that. The Sisters Brothers is both a modern western that pays plenty of homage to the classics of the genre. 'Have you noticed how long it's been since someone tried to kill us?' Flaws and all, it's one of the best films of the year. It's the BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID of its time.but instead of going out with a bang, it does so with a beautiful whimper. Jacques Audiard (A PROPHET, RUST AND BONE) makes his English language debut here and has a great feel for quirky interactions and the loopy storytelling at play. It's a subtle but lovely undertone which gives this often goofy film a little depth. Each character seems to want something they can never have. There's also an unexplored hint of a gay relationship, which gives the movie a sense of unfulfilled longing. That it happens in the most patriarchal of genres, the western, speaks volumes about this film. More talented trans actors like her should get cast in roles which have nothing to do with gender identity. I'm especially proud that Root plays a cis female. Bonus points for casting the great Alison Tolman, a vividly hardened Carol Kane, and especially trans actor Rebecca Root as a nefarious town owner. A simple tale of two hitmen charged with killing a gentle chemist who has invented a new way to pan for gold, the film finds its beauty in little details such as when Reilly uses a toothbrush or flushes a toilet for the first time. Up until then, I loved its subversiveness, the beautiful cinematography and score, and the bursts of tragedy erupting from its often comical tone. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Riz Ahmed is slightly marred by an anti-climactic yet still unexpected ending. An extremely engaging anti-Western featuring fantastic performances from John C.

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