Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- grim
- tense
- disturbing
- true crime night
- crime thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the true-crime drama cartoonish and ineffectual, with unfavorable comparisons to Heavenly Creatures.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sandra and Beth’s sisterly alliance becomes the organizing force behind their plan to kill their mother.
The girls’ alcoholic mother and abusive home environment are presented as the pressures motivating their drastic response.
The mother’s drowning is first ruled accidental while rumors gradually point toward premeditated murder.
The Toronto-area townhouse and the girls’ everyday social world conceal the crime and its domestic origins.
Films like Perfect Sisters, and why
Heavenly Creatures
shared true-crime subject, teenage perpetrators, psychological crime drama, and disturbing family dysfunction
Murder by Numbers
shared crime drama focus on a planned murder, morally compromised young characters, and grim domestic tension
The Good Son
shared family abuse, adolescent alienation, and psychologically charged murder narrative based on real events
Movie Details
- Director
- Stanley M. Brooks
- Release Date
- 2014-04-08
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (262)
Cast
- Abigail Breslin
- Georgie Henley
- Mira Sorvino
- Jeffrey Ballard
- Zoë Belkin
- Jonathan Malen
- James Russo
- Rusty Schwimmer
- Stephan James
- Zak Santiago
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Indie Club Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Perfect Sisters about?
- Two Toronto-area sisters turn resentment toward their alcoholic mother into a chillingly calculated murder plot.
- What is Perfect Sisters like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Perfect Sisters as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Perfect Sisters violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Perfect Sisters as moderate.
- What did critics think of Perfect Sisters?
- Critics broadly found the true-crime drama cartoonish and ineffectual, with unfavorable comparisons to Heavenly Creatures.
- Which films are like Perfect Sisters?
- Films with a similar feel include Heavenly Creatures, Murder by Numbers, and The Good Son.
- How long is Perfect Sisters?
- Perfect Sisters runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch Perfect Sisters?
- In United States, Perfect Sisters streams on fuboTV, Indie Club Amazon Channel.
