Netflix’s newest ‘heartfelt’ and ‘moving’ film, His Three Daughters, stars Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon as distant sisters who reunite to care for their ailing father.
The Netflix original from director Azazel Jacobs (French Exit) delves into the complicated dynamic between three sisters that comes to a head in a New York City apartment haunted by the anticipation of their father’s death.
‘As they wait at his bedside, old resentments rise to the surface, and the sisters’ relationships face new strains. Will their father’s imminent death bring them closer together — or push them apart for good?,’ the synopsis reads.
In His Three Daughters, Carrie, 43, plays the ‘uptight’ eldest daughter Katie, Natasha, 45, appears as struggling middle child Rachel, and Marvel star Elizabeth, 35, plays new mum and the youngest Christine.
The film, expertly helmed by a powerhouse Hollywood trio, just landed on the streaming service to huge praise as it secured an impressive 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
‘[Azazel] gives these three crackling, perceptive actors plenty to work with and then steps back to capture their workaday magic,’ Time.com reflected in its review.
And Rolling Stone didn’t hold back, calling it ‘nothing less than the single best movie you’ll likely see this year’ due to ‘[Azazel’s] extraordinary ear for how people use words to wound and mask, and a holy trinity that knows not only how to speak those words but how to complement one another’s disparate performing styles.’
New York Times echoed this praise, adding: ‘[Azazel] is sensitive to life’s contradictions; he knows how abruptly love seems to boil over into hate, and how quickly adult siblings can turn into whining, raging children.’
‘As this claustrophobic indie — one of the year’s best — makes exquisitely clear, there’s no easy way to pre-grieve, especially when dysfunction is the dominant language,’ The LA Times added.
Amid the reviews there was particular adoration for American Pie star Nataha’s performance as Rachel, the daughter who has long lived with her father and fears his impending death.
‘It’s Natasha Lyonne, though, who steals the show,’ Digital Spy wrote in their review. ‘The Russian Doll star masks her character’s pain under a faux nonchalance until the emotions burst out of her in some incredibly affecting scenes.’
Empire magazine dubbed it a ‘refreshing change of pace for the actor’ as she adopted this ‘more subdued and internalised role’.
And The Guardian called Natasha’s ‘signature disarming, earthy frankness’ portrayal ‘fully formed’.
Discussing what drew her to the film, Gilded Age star Carrie Coon shared that the movie felt ‘real’ to her.
She told Yahoo UK: ‘There was never anything that felt like a big movie scene about somebody dying, it all felt like real people in real time dealing with their grief as it occurred to them.
‘And that seemed to me to be a very instructive, moving and honest experience.’
Azazel wrote the characters with these three specific actors in mind, something Natasha was particularly moved by.
‘What I never had was in a vacuum, like, a really seasoned writer, director, auteur [writing something for me] without us ever having a relationship,’ the But I’m A Cheerleader actor told Radio Times.
‘It’s always been like me and Amy Poehler, [saying] like “Babe, let’s f***ing make something. Let’s write it.” This was so different in that sense, that there was no pre existing conversation.’
His Three Daughters is now available to stream on Netflix.
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