Movie Review: ‘His Three Daughters’ on Netflix Is Character Acting Tour-de-Force [Video]

In another example of movies better than their streaming releases, we have Azazel Jacobs’ family drama His Three Daughters. Added to Netflix last month, only half a month after a brief theatrical engagement and a whole year after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.

This is a traditional family drama which harkens back to the mid-budget type of filmmaking that existed in between blockbusters and independent film back in the day. It’s three very different sisters in one apartment for 104 minutes, forced to come to terms with each other.

That one apartment is in modern-day NYC, where Rachel (Natasha Lyonne) lives with her father, Vincent (Jay O. Sanders). Katie (Carrie Coon) and Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) are visiting on short notice as their dad is terminally ill and could die any day now. Jovan Adepo appears as Rachel’s supportive boyfriend.

All three siblings are estranged for various reasons, such as Christina living …