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Little Sister

Little Sister

Comedy · Drama · 2016

After returning to her childhood home, young nun Colleen finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth and metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war.

Movie details

Little Sister

2016 Comedy · Drama 1h 31m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.3 / 10

3.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

94 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

74 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

After returning to her childhood home, young nun Colleen finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth and metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Zach Clark

Written by

Zach Clark · Melodie Sisk

Addison Timlin

Addison Timlin

Colleen Lunsford

Ally Sheedy

Ally Sheedy

Joani Lunsford

Keith Poulson

Keith Poulson

Jacob Lunsford

Peter Hedges

Peter Hedges

Bill Lunsford

Barbara Crampton

Barbara Crampton

The Reverend Mother

Alex Karpovsky

Alex Karpovsky

Deli Guy

Kristin Slaysman

Kristin Slaysman

Tricia

Court is in session

Put Little Sister 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.