My Little Sister

It's a bracing trip, a work of daredevil nerve that serves as its own reward.

It's emotionally powerful and not fussy... It doesn't really go in any direction that audiences expect.

The quiet wonder of My Little Sister, Switzerland's Oscar entry, is its cumulative effect... Every moment strengthens the essence of the drama -- the bond of love between two people who came out of their mother's womb within seconds of one another.

With a distinctive angle and the rawness of the cast's first-rate performances, Chuat and Reymond elevate a premise that could have, in other hands, veered into the realm of the uninspired.

"My Little Sister," a tender domestic drama from the Swiss writers and directors Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, faces terminal illness with a refreshing emotional candor.

Written and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond with superb control and insight, "My Little Sister" never goes precisely where the audience expects...

The film doesn't work too hard for your attention because it doesn't need to. It has the goods, and it's up to you whether or not you want them.

a moving character piece about the fierce bond between siblings who relied upon each other growing up with theatrical parents while forging their own path in the family's chosen art world.

This story is at its most effective and affecting when it concentrates on [the central] bond ... but it's not really a story about that.

In Hoss's hands, Lisa is both warm in her devotion to Sven and cold in the impulses that drive her.