The Sisters Brothers
Joaquin Phoenix , John C. Reilly , Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed go to the Old West in the novel lagger forThe Sisters Brothers , an kinky Western from director Jacques Audiard . Based on a novel by Patrick DeWitt , The Sisters Brothersstars Phoenix and Reilly as sibling assassins who , when they ’re not joyously shooting citizenry , spend their time pettifoggery with one other as they mount the rugged landscape painting of the American frontier .
The plot of ground thrill into motion when the two assassins are commit on the trail of a man identify Warm ( Riz Ahmed ) , a prospector who has invent a peculiar chemical that reveals the presence of gold at the bottom of rivers . But when the brothers finally catch up with Warm and his cooperator Morris ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) , they bulge to question their chosen profession and wonder if they should n’t hang up their shooting iron and take up the William Holman Hunt for treasure rather .
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Annapurna Pictureshas debuted a fresh trailer forThe Sisters Brothers , giving us our first glance of the movie ’s dark and offbeat comedic approach . " We ’re the Sisters Brothers , " Joaquin Phoenix declares at the offset , immediately create humorous confusion . And things only get crazier from there . See the clip above .
It ’s possible that withThe Sisters Brotherswe are witnessing the nascence of a brilliant new comedic team in Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly . Thenormally dour Phoenixcertainly seems to be having a lot of fun in the trailer , playing a man who simply enjoys killing the great unwashed ( a 180 degree summersault from the tortured assassin he played inYou Were Never Really Here ) . Reilly , on the other mitt , seems to be in the thick of a crisis that has him questioning his full mode of life . The stage business between Reilly and Phoenix is the highlight of the drone , anticipate a potentially bully pairing . It does n’t hurt that herald auteur Jacques Audiard is one of the film populace ’s finest directors of histrion .
Western clowning might seem a strange genre for a movie maker of Audiard ’s height to take on , but take on it he has . The music genre does of course have a evenhandedly rich traditiongoing back to moving-picture show likeBlazing SaddlesandCat Ballou , on up throughfilms likeThree AmigosandShanghai Noon . Recent long time however , have not ascertain a profusion of good Western comedies . advanced - day examples of the genre likeSeth MacFarlane’sA Million Ways to Die in the Westand Adam Sandler’sThe Ridiculous Sixwere embarrassing disasters that made you wonder why anyone would ever endeavor to make a funny Western .
The Sisters Brothersat least look like it has a chance of being genuinely humourous , a legitimate character - driven comedy rather than a serial of dumb Western gags . And there ’s no questioning the endowment involved , with a director like Audiard and a plaster cast filled with potent performer . The Sisters Brothersis set to hit theaters in Fall 2018 .
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