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Gut-wrenching, supremely intelligent, empathetically profound, director/writer Azazel Jacobs squeezes every ounce of emotional angst and hubris from his three protagonists: “Katie” (Carrie Coon), “Christina” (Elizabeth Olsen), “Rachel” (Natasha Lyonne), uniquely perfect performances by this trinity of superbness: Katie, the eldest, bossy, bright, sees the situation of their dying father through a lens of rigidity; Christina, metaphysical, lost in an unknow valley of unsureness; Rachel, living with her father, is anesthetized by a fug of weed. Initially their personalities are cognitively defined, unresolved disparities, geographically fractured, different mothers; commonality resides in grief, loss of a father, coping with the living, pertinence of their shared experience.
The virtuosity of the scenario lies in the rupturing of these vicissitudes. In composing the obituary their memories, varied, strive for cohesiveness; who was this man, their dad? How did he diagram their lives, hopes, and the meaning of their existence? Intuitive, razor-sharp structure ingeniously erases their divisiveness unearthing a bombshell of symmetry.
“His Three Daughters” is a beautiful portrait, struggle of “letting go”, horrific phases of one’s last breath; recognition that memories are death’s legacy and acceptance and “moving on” constitutes one’s future. Living, loving, forgiving is a remarkable salve, healing refutable riffs, lending strength, magnitude, grace to what lies ahead.
FIVE STARS!!!!!
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