The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Directed by Craig Johnson
Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.
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Hader goes full Stefon just twice: in blond-wig drag at a Halloween parade and when trying to cheer Maggie up with a duo lip-synching to Jefferson Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.” (Karaokeing to an old pop hit is a corny film trope, but it worked for Jon Cryer in Pretty in Pink and Mike Myers in Wayne’s World, and it’s effective here as well.)
But despite a climax that is so touchy-feely it defies reason — if "The Skeleton Twins" redeemed Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from the depths of the cheese shlock abyss, "Instant Family" sinks it right back to the bottom — "Instant Family's" heart is in the right place.