The Skeleton Twins (2014)

Family is a cruel joke.

Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.

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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and contemplative.

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Craig JohnsonDirector
Craig JohnsonWriter
Mark HeymanWriter
Reed MoranoDirector of Photography
Nathan LarsonOriginal Music Composer
Jennifer LeeEditor
Stephanie LanghoffProducer
Jacob PechenikProducer
Jennifer LeeProducer

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