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Father Mother Sister Brother

Father Mother Sister Brother

Comedy · Drama · 2025

Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.

Movie details

Father Mother Sister Brother

2025 Comedy · Drama 1h 50m

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6.4 / 10

Community rating

Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Jim Jarmusch

Written by

Jim Jarmusch

Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Father

Adam Driver

Adam Driver

Jeff

Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik

Emily

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling

Mother

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Timothea

Vicky Krieps

Vicky Krieps

Lilith

Sarah Greene

Sarah Greene

Jeanette

Court is in session

Put Father Mother Sister Brother on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.