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The Sisters Brothers
2018
· Movie
· 122 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1850
- IMDb #2444
- Google retired #2410
- Rotten Tomatoes #1823
- Metacritic #1109
- Letterboxd #1935
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1322
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2690
- Metacritic Critics #791
- Metacritic Audience #1923
- Criticker #1402
- Kinopoisk #2282
- AlloCiné #893
- Trakt #2984
Every rating
53–87
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87. Critics average 82, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two notorious brother assassins are hired by a mysterious Commodore to track down and kill a prospector who has allegedly stolen from him. Their journey through the Pacific Northwest brings them into contact with their target, a clever chemist, and forces them to question their violent profession and their future.
Details
- Director
- Jacques Audiard
- Writers
- Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
- Based on
- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
- Released
- 19 September 2018
- Country
- France, Spain, Belgium, Romania, United States
- Language
- English, Russian
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $38.0M
- Box office
- $13.1M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 26 →5 major awards won · 9 wins from 26 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| César Awards 2019 | Best Production Design | Michel Barthélémy | Winner |
| César Awards 2019 | Best Director | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| César Awards 2019 | Best Cinematography | Benoît Debie | Winner |
| César Awards 2019 | Best Sound | Cyril Holtz | Winner |
| Venice Film Festival 2018 | Silver Lion for Best Direction | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| César Awards 2019 | Best Film | Pascal Caucheteaux, Grégoire Sorlat, Michel Merkt and Jacques Audiard | Nominee |
| César Awards 2019 | Best Adaptation | Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain | Nominee |
| César Awards 2019 | Best Editing | Juliette Welfling | Nominee |
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César Awards
9 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Benoît Debie | Winner |
| Best Director | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Michel Barthélémy | Winner |
| Best Sound | Cyril Holtz | Winner |
| Best Adaptation | Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Milena Canonero | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Juliette Welfling | Nominee |
| Best Film | Pascal Caucheteaux, Grégoire Sorlat, Michel Merkt and Jacques Audiard | Nominee |
| Best Original Music | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Venice Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Silver Lion for Best Direction | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| Golden Lion | Jacques Audiard | Nominee |
Lumière Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | Benoît Debie | Winner |
| Best Director | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| Best Film | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| Best Music | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Body of Work | John C. Reilly (also for Ralph Breaks the Internet and Stan & Ollie ) | Winner |
| Best Actor | John C. Reilly | Nominee |
Magritte Award
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Benoît Debie | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film in Coproduction | The Sisters Brothers | Nominee |
COFCA Awards
1 nomination
| Actor of the Year | Joaquin Phoenix (also for Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot and You Were Never Really Here ) | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination
| Original Score — Feature Film | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Award
1 nomination
| Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Louis Delluc Prize
1 nomination
| Best Film | Jacques Audiard | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | John C. Reilly (also for Stan & Ollie ) | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination
| People's Choice Award: Special Presentations | Jacques Audiard | Nominee |