The Skeleton Twins
“Family is a cruel joke.”
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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Lionsgate+
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The CW
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Cast
20 people
Bill Hader
Milo Dean
Known for
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Inside Out
Kristen Wiig
Maggie Dean
Known for
The Martian
Ghostbusters
Luke Wilson
Lance
Known for
Idiocracy
Legally Blonde
Ty Burrell
Rich
Known for
Modern Family
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Boyd Holbrook
Billy
Known for
Narcos
The Predator
Joanna Gleason
Judy
Known for
The Wedding Planner
The Rebound
Kathleen Rose Perkins
Carlie
Known for
I Am Not Okay with This
Colony
Adriane Lenox
Linda Essex
Known for
The Blind Side
Marvel's Daredevil
Sydney Lucas
Young Maggie
Known for
The Son
Dude
Eddie Schweighardt
Young Milo
Known for
Gimme Shelter
Paul Castro Jr.
Eric
Known for
People, Places, Things
Benjamin McGowan
Cullen
Known for
Harlan Coben's Shelter
Craig Johnson Director · Mark Heyman Writer Nathan Larson Composer
Worldwide gross $5.3M · Budget $1M · United States release September 12, 2014
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,300,000
Gross vs. budget
5.3×
Production
Venture Forth
Production
Duplass Brothers Productions
Production
Roadside Attractions
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 18, 2014
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · September 12, 2014
Theatrical
Australia
June 5, 2014 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
September 25, 2014 · Theatrical
France
February 12, 2015 · Digital
Germany
April 30, 2015 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 7, 2014 · Theatrical
Japan
April 29, 2015 · Digital
Netherlands
June 5, 2014 · Theatrical
Poland
October 21, 2014 · Digital
South Korea
November 17, 2014 · Digital
Switzerland
September 25, 2014 · Digital
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