Film review: His Three Daughters is smart, emotionally intelligent and blackly funny

Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon star in His Three Daughters. Picture: Sam Levy/Netflix

• His Three Daughters
• ★★★★☆ 
• Netflix

Siblings Rachel (Natasha Lyonne), Christina (Elizabeth Olsen), and Katie (Carrie Coon) are reluctantly reunited in His Three Daughters (15A) as they return to their father’s apartment in New York to bear witness to his final days.

A hushed reverence in the presence of impending death quickly gives way to bickering and mutual accusations of desertion; naturally, long-standing grievances from their teenage years are hauled out and dusted off.

Smart, emotionally intelligent, and blackly funny, Azazel Jacobs’ film delivers three beautifully rounded characters as each of the strong, distinct personalities comes to terms with her grief and loss in her own way.