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The Skeleton Twins
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The Skeleton Twins is a 2014 dramedy film by writer/director Craig Johnson. It stars Saturday Night Live alumni Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, as well as Luke Wilson and Ty Burrell.Hader and Wiig play twins Milo and Maggie Dean, who have come together for the first time in years after both of them attempt suicide. Together, they confront their problems and what led to these events. | |
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HotForTeacher | |
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Hot for Teacher: Teenage Milo for Rich, and still a little bit in the present. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Milo and Maggie's dad committed suicide by throwing himself off a bridge. | |
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Hereditary Suicide | |
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Hereditary Suicide: The Movie. Milo and Maggie's father died by suicide after jumping off a bridge. The movie begins with Milo and Maggie both separately attempting suicide. It then ends with Milo saving Maggie after she attempts suicide a second time, which leads them both on some sort of path, it seems, towards working out their issues. | |
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Elemental Motifs | |
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Elemental Motifs: Water is a recurring theme in the movie. The movie opens with Maggie's toy skeleton being dropped in a pool. Milo's pet goldfish. Maggie gets him new ones but forgets about them. The movie ends with Milo and Maggie looking at a new aquarium. Maggie takes scuba diving lessons and is having an affair with the instructor. Milo and Maggie both attempt suicide in a bathroom. Milo and Maggie's father jumped off a bridge. The whale trinket which Rich gave Milo in high school. Moby Dick is also discussed. Maggie tries to commit suicide by jumping into a pool with weights attached to herself. We get a quick flashback of Milo and Maggie at the pool, as kids. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Milo saves Maggie from her attempted suicide, and they appear to be working together to fix their lives, but as far as the audience is concerned, Maggie's marriage is over. | |
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Rape as Backstory | |
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Rape as Backstory: It's eventually revealed that Rich (an adult teacher) had sex with Milo when he was 15 years old, but his family didn't press charges. | |
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Daddy Didn't Show | |
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Mommy Didn't Show: Maggie and Milo's mother never showed up at Maggie's wedding. | |
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Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling | |
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Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Seems to be the case at first: Milo is an aspiring actor working a dead-end job, whose only relationship is with a bottle, while Maggie has a stable job as a dental hygienist, and is married. Turns out, however, that there is a lot more than meets the eye. | |
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Driven to Suicide | |
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Driven to Suicide: Both Maggie and Milo, as well as their dad. But averted, finally, with Maggie and Milo. | |
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Suicide by Pills | |
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Suicide by Pills: Maggie is introduced holding a handful of pills over her bathroom sink, heavily implying she was about to kill herself when she gets a call informing her that her brother Milo has attempted suicide. | |
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Armor-Piercing Question | |
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Armor-Piercing Question: Maggie and Milo's mother, Judy, insists her kids don't need to be invited to her home in Arizona, and that they'd be perfectly welcome if they just showed up unannounced. Seeing through her mother's excuse, Maggie asks if they can show up the following week, or the next. Judy hastily tries to make excuses as to why those weeks won't work. | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Maggie gives one to her mother, regarding the latter's selfish behavior. Later on, she also gives one to Milo when she figures out that he's seeing Rich again, only for Milo to turn it around on her after her husband finds out about the birth control pills. | |
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Stepford Smiler | |
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Stepford Smiler: Maggie. | |
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Straight Gay | |
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Rich, his former teacher and fling plays the Straight Gay Straight. Though, given that Rich seems to be involved with adult women otherwise, he may be bisexual or just an opportunistic sexual predator. | |
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Insecure Love Interest | |
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Insecure Love Interest: At one point, Maggie tells Milo that she thinks that Lance is too good for her. | |
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Contraception Deception | |
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Contraception Deception: Maggie is secretly taking birth control pills to prevent having a child with her husband Lance to the point where he thinks he's infertile. He finds out about the pills — and her infidelity — later on. | |
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Armor-Piercing Response | |
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Armor-Piercing Response: Maggie and Milo dish these out to each other in a fight right after Maggie's husband leaves her due to Milo's meddling. Ultimately, Maggie gives the more painful response of the two: | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: Maggie when Lance confronts her with the birth control pills she’s been hiding. | |
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Bath Suicide | |
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Bath Suicide: How Milo tries to kill himself at the start of the movie. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Both the Dean twins, but especially Milo. | |
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Time-Shifted Actor | |
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Time-Shifted Actor: Sydney Lucas plays a young Maggie. | |
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Twins Are Special | |
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Twins Are Special: Downplayed. The film starts with Maggie standing over her bathroom sink, holding a fistful of pills seemingly preparing to commit Suicide by Pills. She is only stopped when she receives a phone call from the hospital informing her that brother Milo, who she hasn't spoken to in years, was there because he tried to commit suicide, too. | |
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Interrupted Suicide | |
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Interrupted Suicide: Maggie's attempt at the start is stopped by a phone call from the hospital. She tries again later in the film. | |
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Nice Guy | |
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Nice Guy: Lance, as opposed to all the assholes that Maggie is used to dating. | |
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Old Flame Fizzle | |
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Old Flame Fizzle: Milo reunites with his old English teacher Rich and tries to restart their affair. It doesn't work out. | |
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Slut-Shaming | |
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Slut-Shaming: Maggie does this to herself. Also present in a throwaway line from a high school acquaintance. | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys: Taken to a heartbreaking extreme with Maggie, who compulsively cheats on her husband Lance. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
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Big Damn Heroes: Just as Maggie starts to drown, Milo comes to the rescue. | |
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A Minor Kidroduction | |
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A Minor Kidroduction: The movie starts off with Maggie and Milo as kids on Halloween and their father giving them toy skeletons. | |
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All Gays are Promiscuous | |
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All Gays are Promiscuous: Played with where Milo's concerned. | |
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