Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne emotionally punch each other in moving drama

His three daughters Killed me with its intimate investigation of three sisters as they await the death of their father. Many films have explored family dynamics—and their dysfunction—but writer-director Azazel Jacobs gets personal by making his characters uncomfortable in almost every situation. There’s awkwardness, anger and annoyance as the titular daughters tiptoe around each other, but there’s also love, too. His three daughters is a talkie film that is often staged as a play. There is nowhere to go as the characters are forced to face each other, but that is also what makes it so poignant and lovely.

Katie (Carrie Coon) and Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) live with their sister Rachel (Natasha Lyonne) as they await their father’s death. The film opens with Katie continuing to show how irritated she is that Rachel doesn’t seem to be helping, even though she had been caring for their father for a long time before he was placed in hospice. Rachel lightly stays out of Katie and Christina’s way as they fuss over their father and talk to the hospice team. The tension of the film comes from the strained relationship between Katie and Rachel, while Christina plays a kind of peacemaker between them.

His three daughters manage his affairs carefully and sensitively

One of the most beautiful things about Be Three Daughters Is the fact that it faces death head-on. The siblings are forced to confront their father’s approaching death and, crucially, what this means for their relationship. The emotions of the characters are already on the surface, and they are just waiting to be reconciled (which they do, and often). Cleverly, Jacobs does not even show their father, Vincent (Jay O. Sanders), until the end, capitalizing on the sisters’ fruitful feelings. We learn a lot about them throughout the film and Jacobs gives each of them their moment to shine.

The camera lingers on their faces and when Katie goes on a tirade, we are focused on her words and body language and nothing else. His three daughters is set primarily in Rachel’s apartment and in such a closed place everything is higher. There is little that distracts us from the raw emotions, the inner and outer turmoil, and the tension brewing between the sisters. There is never even a moment when the film begins to slow down; It allows us to sit with the characters in consideration. Jacobs’ script is heavy on dialogue, but it’s not stilted and nothing is drawn out.

The Netflix film is moving. It deals with a heavy and difficult subject, but even while death remains in the background—and Jacobs never lets it be forgotten—the story soars because of it. Central relationship of the trio. This is the heart of the story, and it forces us to work through some discomfort together with the siblings. These are stubborn women who feel deeply, although they express it in different ways. Forced to deal with their father’s death brings up a lot of resentment and unspoken issues from the past.

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They do the emotional heavy lifting

His three daughters Could have fallen into the trap of creating dysfunction for the sake of drama, but most of the sisters’ exchanges work as nice segues from a previous point. Nothing is contrived and some of the conversations feel like an emotional slap to the face given the conviction behind them. Here the central performances elevate the writing.

Carrie Coon is in her element here. She plays Katie with a directness that is frightening, but it hides things that are not said. She has her own struggles, and Kun is firm yet vulnerable in her performance so that even when we get frustrated with Katie, we also feel deeply for her. Olsen is nearly vibrating with anxious energy as Christina. She holds the family together but although she talks things through and is much less angry than Katie, there is also a lot of pain she laughs through. Olsen plays that balance wonderfully.

With Rachel, Lyonne has mastered the art of looking flawless while her eyes give her feelings away. She sidesteps Katie’s poking because she doesn’t want to fight. Mostly, Lyon plays Rachel as exhausted – emotionally and physically. But it is when things are hashed out between the sisters that Lyonne puts a spark back in Rachel, that feeling of resignation is not so hopeless anymore.

His three daughters is a balancing act. The characters are layered and the story is so simple yet thoroughly moving and, at times, painful to watch because of the flood of emotion that comes through. Jacobs explores not just coping with the loss of a parent, but ponders how the connection between siblings can change and be affected by it. What keeps the sisters together if not their father? The film is able to ponder this question while capturing the intimacy and vulnerability of such a stressful, heartbreaking time when the characters begin to mourn not only their father but their past.

His three daughters is now streaming on Netflix. The film is 101 minutes long and rated for language and drug use.