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Jacobss film, now on Netflix, will not continue in this register.
For most of the movie, we dont even see him.
Mostly, these women who have grown apart, but arent quite estranged go at each other.
When Rachel tries to smoke outside, of course, the buildings superintendent asks her to take it inside.
Jacobss screenplay does stack the deck against Katie and Christina somewhat.
They both feel more like types than people, at times even flirting with parody.
Rachel, with her live-and-let-live, who-me attitude, seems like shes just trying to survive her sisters visit.
Its meant to be a familiar dynamic but edges uncomfortably into the predictable, the rote.
Thats not a fatal problem, because the performers make these people worth watching.
And Lyonnes raspy, understated charm endears us to Rachels devil-may-care haplessness.
Does the film go anywhere with any of this?
Seen in that light, theres a weird logic to how the movie ends.
(Spoilers follow, even though this isnt really a plot movie.)
Its an intriguing moment soon revealed, of course, to be a fantasy.
