I watched "His Three Daughters" on Netflix, and have to talk about how relatable the family conflict is
I watched "His Three Daughters" on Netflix, and have to talk about how relatable the family conflict is
Yahoo Entertainment.com; by Corey Chichizola; 9/25/24
The streaming wars are showing no signs of slowing down, with the various services offering a variety of new and exciting content. One new film that might end up being one of the best Netflix movies out there is Azazel Jacobs' His Three Daughters, which is streaming now for those with a Netflix subscription. I recently streamed the flick, and have to talk about the family dynamics, especially as we slowly get closer to The Holidays. His Three Daughters focuses on (you guessed it) three sisters, adult women who are forced to cohabitate as their father is in hospice care. Director Azazel Jacobs put tributes to hospice nurses in the film, but other than that its largely about the three women's relationships with each other. And I loved how realistic it felt, especially in the way that family occasions tend to bring out honesty among relatives, for better or worse.
Editor's note: This movie is getting alot of media buzz. I watched it and found the family's dynamics through their father's final days of actively dying to be spot-on. However--especially since "hospice" is core to the story--I was concerned about some basic communications and practices from the hospice nurse. Examples include discussions about calling 911, what to do when the death occurs, no sense of a larger hospice team or agency support (just these 2 nurses), an ICU-like monitor, and (yikes!) smoking inside a small apartment with the father's oxygen machine nearby. (Oh no!) Spoiler alert, hang-on through the dying scene and see it through a lens of the father's possible Near Death Awareness. I put these forth as you hear others talk about this as a "hospice" movie. Still, the family conflicts--specific to their father's dying--are indeed "relatable," authentic, and worth the watch.