Las Tres Sisters
Rating: 4/5
By: Nathaniel Simpson
Family can be tricky. Love them or hate them, those are the people you're forced to deal with for most of your lives. Even then, you always need your family every once in a while, even if it's a major pain to deal with them. This is the case for the three sisters in Las Tres Sisters, a beautifully-moving film that not only focuses on self-identity and who you're trying to be, but also how to deal with the sometimes uncomfortable bond of siblings. Las Tres Sisters not only explores these themes quite well, but it's a humorously fun time from beginning to end.
The movie follows three sisters (Marta Méndez Cross, Virginia Novello, Valeria Maldonado) who were once close when growing up, but went their seperate ways as they got older. They all took different paths and therefore, lost their close bond that they once had many years ago. However, when Cross' character is diagnosed with cancer and is attempting to do everything she can to try and find a miracle in her treatment, she remembers about her grandmother's pilgrimage in Mexico, with her grandmother claiming there was a miracle that awaited them at the end of their very long walk to a new home. Hoping this will bring some sort of miracle to her, she reunites her sisters to join her on this walk, which both of them grudgingly follow along with. Along the way, they encounter numerous different obstacles and some people that will change their lives for good (Cristo Fernández).
At its core, this film is a tale of three sisters and how they found their ways back to each other. It may have felt forced by two of the sisters, but it shows that no matter what happens between siblings, there is still that love and that want to be close with them. This is beautifully broken down throughout the course of this film, and I think the filmmakers do a great job of showing how important a bond between sisters is.
To achieve the goal of delivering that ultimate message to the audiences, the filmmakers and their cast do a great job of presenting this at-times hilariously wild tale with so many different roadblocks and memorable people in their way. Like they say with road-trips, it's not the destination that is important, but the journey that they take. That is the case here, as the movie wouldn't have worked without a great story to back this message. I had a very good time with this movie from beginning to ending, and it was so easy to relate to and emphasize with what is going on with the characters in this movie. You become attached to them so easily, and their hardships and heartbreaks upset the viewer as well.
In terms of the performances, I think the three leads are fabulous together, not only on their own but with great chemistry that really sells their performances. All three of them do a great job at making their performance own and unique, and they put all of those unique elements about their characters together to craft such a beautiful blend of characters. Their hearts and dedication towards these performances leap off the screen, and it's really inspiring to watch. At the same time, some side actors, like Fernández, complement these three lead performances perfectly, and he is a fun character with his own intriguing story as well.
This movie does have its flaws, with some scenes running a little too long and the movie starting to feel a little too cheesy and long-winded at times. With road trip sort of movies like this, it's hard to avoid the dreadful lull where they're trying to set up the climax of this movie but don't know how to get there very quickly from the moment where there is a huge fight and the characters go their seperate ways. It doesn't feel too bad here, but there is definitely a moment where you're waiting for them to set up the rest of the film and it takes just a little too long.
Overall, however, this is a pretty good film that expertly explores the dynamics between sisters and finding their own personal self. This film is really inspiring in the way that it explores such a common theme, but adds its own beautiful elements to make it so unique. I think there is a lot that every viewer can take from this movie, including some lessons we all need about ourselves and the relationships we have.
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