The Sisters Brothers

THE SISTERS BROTHERS (15)

D: Jacques Audiard

Annapurna/Why Not/Page 114 (Pascal Caucheteux, Gregoire Sorlat, Michel Merkt, Michael de Luca, Allison Dickey & John C. Reilly)

France/US 2018

121 mins

Western

W: Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain [based on the novel by Patrick DeWitt]

DP: Benoît Debie 

Ed: Juliette Welfling

Mus: Alexandre Desplat

Joaquin Phoenix (Charlie Sisters), John C. Reilly (Eli Sisters), Jake Gyllenhaal (John Morris), Riz Ahmed (Hermann Kermit Warm), Rebecca Root (Mayfield)

A French-American financed Western starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly as a pair of bounty hunter brothers who pursue a gold prospector and his companion across 1850's Oregon.

Moody, atmospheric and a little slowly paced, this adaptation of Patrick DeWitt's novel focuses quite a lot on internal conflict, particularly Eli's, who is beginning to doubt the career path he made and tries to convince his brother that they should return home.

I can't deny that it's a well made and well acted piece of work, it just lacks that 'magic scene' to make it truly memorable.

6/10