Perfect Sisters

“Ever since I can remember, it was always my sister and me against the big bad world…”

“Little Miss Sunshine” is all grown up and still making waves in the film industry. I had the pleasure of having her on my flight one day; she was polite and had her head buried in a script. She continues to wow us with her exceptional level of taking direction and acting abilities in 2014’s Crime/Thriller ‘Perfect Sisters’.

Based on a true story which happened in January of 2003, writers Fab Filippo and Adam Till adapted the event into script and director Stanley M. Brooks coached the girls Georgie Henley and Abigail Breslin to play the ‘fed-up’ and ‘distraught’ teenaged sisters ‘Sandra and Beth Anderson’. Quite a chilling tale, and disturbing; however viewers were able to side/feel sorry for our main characters even though they were cold-blooded murderers. 

With a run-time of 100 minutes, despite rudimentary and strange camera effects/special effects (of the perfect mother), I quite enjoyed this film; partly because of the insane subject matter, and partly because of the phenomenal acting by both girls, Henley and Breslin. Makes for a dramatic night and shows that everyone has their breaking points and that even if you think something is wrong, sometimes the bond you have with one another trumps all.